“Well, I’d rather have those cops fighting real crime, then going through the rigmarole of writing out tickets for moving violations.”
It is real crime and it results in real deaths. Traffic stops are among the most dangerous activities for officers but it also results in many arrests for crimes unrelated to the traffic offense based on warrants they find.
“What’s the big damn deal about this? Obey the law and don’t run red lights. IMO...I see no rights infringed by the stop light cameras”
I don’t run red lights and wish other people didn’t. The big deal is the govts are using companies to run these things. Their sole purpose is revenue generation and not actual safety or law enforcement.
“This is more of a tool being used for law enforcement, not a nanny state surveillance/NWO-like purpose.”
Soon we’ll be under surveilance from the time we are born until we die. Those cameras will mostly be used to modify our behavior on things the government doesnt like.
Exactly. Running - actually running, not misjudging by a fraction of a second - red lights is very serious. If this were about safety, there wouldn't be a fine there would be a license revocation.
I think no single step would do more for traffic safety than removing fines entirely. That would change traffic enforcement from "catch the most drivers" to "catch the most dangerous drivers".
The article stated there was a drop in accidents and tickets since the programs inception. Was the mayor and police chief disappointed? I would call this a failed attempt at generating revenue.
Soon we’ll be under surveilance from the time we are born until we die. Those cameras will mostly be used to modify our behavior on things the government doesnt like.
To my knowledge...these cameras do not reside on private property.