The camera never blinks

Washington Times ^ | Tuesday, May 28, 2002 | Tod Lindberg

[JohnHuang2]

Dear Department of Motor Vehicles Adjudication Services: It was so nice to hear from you after all this time. We had about given up. After all, it was Feb. 12 when we wrote in response to the "Notice of Infraction" we received from your friends at Automated Traffic Enforcement about going 36 miles an hour in a 25 mile-an-hour zone.

[goody2shooz]

What you say is true in so far as Constitutional rights go. But driving a motor vehicle is a privilege and not a right (it ain't in the Constitution). It is also a revocable privilege, at that.

[goody2shooz]

The road I live on has a 20 mph speed limit, but never mind. We have cameras here to catch those impatient few who blow through signals at 10-15 mph over the speed limit WHEN the light turns red. I've witnessed some horrendous accidents and regularly wait until traffic stops before proceeding with a green light.

From some of the postings here I see there is a demand for a new form of plastic surgery - removal of lead weights from feet.