Posted on 06/29/2013 2:44:33 PM PDT by Olog-hai
Each day, thousands of cars—sometimes as many as 18,000—rolled along Elmwood Place’s streets, crossing the third-of-a-mile town to get to neighboring Cincinnati or major employers in bustling suburbs or heavily traveled Interstate 75. Many zipped by Elmwood Place’s modest homes and small businesses at speeds well above the 25 mph limit. Bedeviled by tight budgets, the police force was undermanned. The situation, villagers feared, was dangerous.
Then the cameras were turned on, and all hell broke loose.
Like hundreds of other U.S. communities big and small, Elmwood Place hired an outside company to install cameras to record traffic violations and mail out citations.
In the first month after the cameras began operating, late last year, 6,600 tickets went out—more than triple the village’s population. Before some unsuspecting drivers realized it, they had racked up multiple $105 citations they would learn about when their mail arrived weeks later. …
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Believe me, It catches on quick after first few are shot out; then becomes the local national past time; and shows the masses how little power the elite really have once the people wake up and say no more for you guys.
That's a palace in some cities.
10322-Adams-Ave_Cleveland_OH_44108
Now this here is the best deal in my old neighborhood. It's not one of those crappy $1 houses. This looks pretty nice. It's even got glass in the windows. Today.
Forgot to mention. Monthly payment is $5 if someone is stupid enough you give you a 30-years loan.
The sad thing is that many of these older houses that are rotting away are of better construction and materials than the ones being built today.
A way to address that would be to give the vehicle owner 30-60 days to prove innocence/identify the driver before entering the owner record. But I doubt they provide that much leeway.
So, when is open season on traffic cams?
Then put a real cop there...
Red light cameras are about revenue, not safety.
Real 2x4s, slate roofs that last 100 years.
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