[KoRn]

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[Dubya]

Representative Carl Isett of Lubbock has authored a bill that will do away with red light cameras in Texas. He said, "You do not get a jury of your peers nor do you get to face you accuser. That is in my mind an abrogation of constitutional protections for Texans." He believes that constitutional freedoms are at stake here.

HE IS CORRECT.

[GeronL]

just say no, to redlight cameras

[Buck W.]

Yes!

[FreePaul]

If Representative Carl Isett is serious about this bill he will have an uphill fight. Too much money going to private entities as well as the cities will be used to defeat his bill.

I looked at the photographs used in one case and there was no way to identify the driver. Presumption of guilt does not seem to be in the best interest of citizens.

[OrangeHoof]

The ones losing money do so because citizens fear the cameras and run less lights. However, I do agree that the way justice is administered is far too impersonal and with potential for error and abuse. If the lights stay, that form of punishment needs to change.

I recently saw a guy on the road driving like a total druggie who either couldn’t drive safely or was preoccupied by too many other things to be driving responsibly. But what frightened me most is that he was driving the same model pickup truck as I was and his license plate was one digit off from my plates (an 8 instead of a 9). The only two differences were his truck is a different color and his had been modified to be a low-rider.

I’m seriously considering get my plates changed. I figure it’s a just a matter of time before he causes a wreck and the cops come looking for me.

[HHFi]

I recently had to pay a $70 fine in Dallas for running a red light when the photos very plainly showed I stopped, then made a legal right turn on red. I called to complain and was told the video showed I didn’t make a complete stop. I didn’t believe that, so I went to their website to watch it myself. It would not play on any browser I own, even after downloading all the codecs they claimed I needed. My sister-in-law tried it on her newer computer, and it still wouldn’t play. I called back to protest again and was told they’d show me the video, but I’d have to drive 15 miles to downtown Dallas during working hours. It was so much trouble, I just paid the damn fine, which I’m sure was the whole intent. But I swore that I would do anything I could from now on to overthrow this unconstitutional extortion racket.

[Dubya]

Send letters to State Reps and State Sen. Ask them to back this bill. If anyone runs for TX Gov and is against These cameras I will vote for them.

[Dubya]

Send letters to State Reps and State Sen. Ask them to back this bill. If anyone runs for TX Gov and is against These cameras I will vote for them.

[Skooz]

"You do not get a jury of your peers nor do you get to face you accuser."

That's really all that needs to be said.

[bamahead]

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