“New York To Create Largest Speed Camera Program In US”
March 29, 2019
New York legislature enacts bill to blanket Manhattan with more than a thousand speed cameras.
New York is poised to replace Chicago, Illinois, as the home to the country’s largest network of speed cameras. A total of 350 red light cameras in the Windy City generated $500 million with $125,904,645 going to Redflex Traffic Systems. The program suffered a major setback when the Australian vendor was caught paying Chicago officials a personal bonus for every camera added to the system. Now Chicago has 161 speed cameras. In New York, legislation adopted last week would allow a private company to blanket Manhattan with more than a thousand speed cameras.
http://thenewspaper.com/news/66/6681.asp
Wow. About 1.3 million dollars per year, per camera, with $400,000 per camera to the camera company.
A license to steal.
The idea that this helps traffic, in any way, is ludicrous.
Where on the island of Manhattan can you find a place to speed?