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Posted on 04/10/2002 4:10:05 PM PDT by Spyder
Edited on 05/07/2004 6:18:27 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
A surprising vote by the House last night to repeal traffic camera enforcement of speeding on state roads and highways was the final blow to the much-maligned program. After learning of the vote, Gov. Ben Cayetano today terminated the program, effective immediately.
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That was, I think, only a minor consideration. It might be more of a problem on the outer islands but on Oahu I see a lot more rentals holding up traffic than speeding. Reminiscent of a bumper sticker I saw on Maui, "A whale sighting does not constitute an emergency."
Which party is fascist?
I hate there accent and contant splits being done in every movie like a girl.
Photo radar and red light cameras are not and never have been about safety. Politicians can pay all the lip service they want about safety, but the primary purpose always has been and always will be revenue enhancement. In other words...a back door tax. Anyone who believes otherwise is either naive and/or stupid.
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So true. One of the more popular morning-drive radio talk hosts here (Rick Hamada) has been driving that point home quite well - a lot of people are crediting him with getting sufficient public awareness out there that the legislators were afraid for their jobs if they didn't repeal the cameras. In addition to "Tali-Van" sightings, whenever the topic comes up he plays the "Ka-ching" sound effect.
Ah yes... how well I remember. Cops were known for sitting just inside the state line behind a bush waiting for speeders. Last time I was through there I think radar detectors were illegal, too (can't believe it's been >15 years). Is that still so?
Right. One key observation is that many people tend to be more safety-concious than law-concious. There will be many more people driving 40mph in a "school zone" when there are no children anywhere near the road than when there are children milling about in the street, but the few people who do it in the latter time pose a much greater danger--despite their smaller number--than the many who do in the former.
Nonetheless, guess where the enforcement efforts will go?
What gets me is the willness of governmental bodies to fund a program, then kill it only a few months later, and nobody talks about the setup costs or losses incurred. The sheeple feels lucky to have stopped the program, but overlooks the waste of money in the first place.
This is democratic tactics to continually push up tax revenues. It's free money to them; they're gonna find new ways to spend it one way or another.
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