These cameras were NEVER about safety ... revenue generation was and is the goal.
“These cameras were NEVER about safety ... revenue generation was and is the goal.”
That’s a fact! And it makes my blood boil.
Indeed.
"Lilburn voted to accept the suspension to give Lasercraft time to come up with a plan to increase the number of citations."
Isn’t this just a re-hash of the “Great Ludowici Plan” of 1950-65? Welcome back to the Ghost of Governor Maddox!!!
Revenue enhancement is the backbone of every government “enforcement” program. Speed traps are no different. If government wanted to save lives, they would lower speed limits to 30 mph. If governments wanted to curtail red light running or speeding, fines would be $1,000 and loss of license upon first offense. But they depend more on the revenue of their nuisance fines.
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These cameras were NEVER about safety ... revenue generation was and is the goal.
“The result has been devastating for red light camera makers as violations — and revenue —”
Boo freaking hoo.
BTTT
“These cameras were NEVER about safety ... revenue generation was and is the goal.”
Correct. And if they ever send me a picture of my car ‘going through a red light’ I would be tempted to send them a picture of a check.
IIRC, a judge somewhere ruled that since a city had farmed out the supervision of these cameras to a third party, the city had therefore abdicated their authority to enforce the ordinance.