More evidence of the infantile attitude of the public: they want to be able to do anything they want. It is the true “triumph of the will”: the ego-first attitude of modern Americans. This is not the genuine spirit of Liberty.
So I run a red light? I wanted to, and no one should tell me I can’t, or even watch what I am doing. Too bad if I should hit anyone, because my will comes first.
I should also be able to marry anyone I wish, even perhaps an animal; and take marijuana or anything else, and go anywhere I want; steal confidential information including government secrets; never be thoroughly checked at an airport; and never have anyone else criticize me (lest I be “offended”). All my “rights” should be absolute, and my responsibilities removed or forgotten.
This would add up to an ideal paradise for immature-minded marshmellows in a world with no threats, and all desires provided by endless debt.
Unfortunately, we live in a world of hungry beasts, where regimes made for coddling infants will get devoured alive.
The police can still enforce the law against running the red lights by writing the offender a ticket in person.
These cameras wrote a ticket against the owner of the car, did not go against the points on his license, and carried little bite when it came to actually getting the money.
There was no movement to do away with the laws against running red lights. The manner of enforcement was sketchy at best and solely rooted in raising revenue, not safety.