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not about safety.
They are about generating cash for municipalities
I’ve seen pictures from the U.K. of how people sometimes deal with this. They hang an old tire containing a few ounces of gasoline around the camera and set a match to it.
Here in Sacramento it is $370.
If the camera doesn’t get a clear photo of the driver, what do they do then? I mean, you just can’t issue a ticket to a car, especially if there are multiple people that drive the car. Who broke the law? Everyone denies and the police will not waste the time and resources to prove the case. Remember, the burden of proof is on the state to prove who was driving, the driver has not burden to prove he was not driving.
Just how do “they” handle cases like this?
I just got flashed last week up in PA...I had to make a split second decision as to whether I could stop when it turned yellow without getting hit in the arse and decided to keep going...saw it turn red just as I was passing under it (very short yellow I might add) and then in rear view saw the flash.
Bastards.
Keep warning that the box we free people are placed in is getting smaller and smaller. Within a few years, all citizens will be slaves of Government and the Government will be communists. American citizens have little voice now and will have less in the future. How do we stop it?
Unintended consequences.
Revenue collection oriented law enforcement has become a considerable danger to the general public and an infringement upon rights in the property confiscation {forfeiture} portion of it. It is becoming a revenue Oligarchy. But I'll just address saftey.
On one stretch of interstate on I-75 in Knoxville for example it isn't uncommon to see 8 or more cruisers {some are unmarked} in a two mile stretch in the median. These morons park as to face oncoming traffic then when Barney sees a speeder Barney quickly pulls out against {facing} traffic and does a U-Turn across three lanes of traffic. Barney thinks it's safe because Barney has his blue light on. In the mean time people are having to swerve and maneuver in congested traffic to keep from hitting Barney or someone else getting out of his way so Barney can make his quota. STOP REVENUE ORIENTED LAW ENFORCEMENT NOW!
Oh and I forgot to mention thses sorry tyrants put a red light camera at a place where they can be sure to catch persons taking someone to the cities second busiest Emergency Room be it even at 2:00am and no traffic where a flashing yellow would suffice. One of the least busiest intersections but one where a person in an emergency might need to run it if traffic allows to do so safely. It's all about revenue.
Fines are meant to serve as a deterrent. They are set high enough to get broad compliance; even if only a small percentage of offenders are caught. When you make it virtually certain that offenders (or innocent registered car owners) get caught — there's no justification for keeping the fine so high.
Any amount of a fine higher than necessary to achieve compliance with the law; is simply a cash grab.
** (Don't get me started on the horrors of becoming a surveillance society.)
I’ve read stories of kids photographing the plates of teachers, then printing copies of the plates and putting them on a similar make and model of car, and intentionally running a light. Guess who gets the ticket?
Maybe if we start doing the same for our municipal “leaders” they will get the message....
I’m glad these things haven’t infested the Augusta area yet.
Here’s a wonderful example of those great cameras. Every time someone turns left at one intersection and hits the corner spot that would be hit by someone running the red on the other side, a bunch of flashes go off. Or the mega-tour bus that was waiting for a left turn, but couldn’t make it due to its size. The red light camera kept flashing until the light finally turned green and the bus was able to go through.