Put's things into stark perspective. Municipalities would prefer to have traffic fine revenue as opposed to reduce traffic accidents.
Such crap.
Even more reason to install them.
As always, have at it.
To: roaddog727
Last year I was driving through intersections daily that had these cameras installed. What I found was that it added still one more thing to be aware of at the intersection. As you drive through several flashes go off, and I don’t care how careful you are, you still wind up second-guessing yourself. ‘Did I do something wrong?’
Most of the time they go off, you can’t see anyone making a mistake. It really makes you wonder what the heck is going on.
2 posted on
03/21/2008 2:53:03 AM PDT by
DoughtyOne
(Some think McCain should pick his No 2 now. I thought the nominee was No 2. And that No 1s me off!)
To: roaddog727
It’s hard to avoid a ticket when the yellow light is programmed for 2 seconds. Municipalities will find a way to recoup their losses from people stop on a dime and end up being rear-ended.
3 posted on
03/21/2008 2:55:44 AM PDT by
freeangel
( (free speech is only good until someone else doesn't like what you say))
To: roaddog727
The obvious bureaucratic solution is to layoff traffic cops to offset the revenue short fall. But more unintended consequences will follow.
4 posted on
03/21/2008 3:19:21 AM PDT by
shove_it
(and have a nice day)
To: roaddog727
The reason for the cameras is safety, not revenue for the city coffers. Now we find that the city fathers want people to get killed at intersections just so they have more money to spend.
5 posted on
03/21/2008 3:43:48 AM PDT by
chainsaw
( No black racist Muslims in the WH.)
To: roaddog727
What idiots. I heard this on the news the other day. If it really was safety, they could have installed fake ones and signs for a fraction of the monthly fee they are paying to the camera companies.
7 posted on
03/21/2008 4:09:26 AM PDT by
doodad
To: roaddog727
How have they failed to see the obvious solution?
Eliminate the yellow light!
12 posted on
03/21/2008 4:54:58 AM PDT by
Erasmus
(Regarding the Republican and the Democrat campaigns: From the ridiculous to the slime.)
To: roaddog727
They're only mad that the "red light" cameras resulted in Spitzer having to resign. /sarc>
Cheers!
14 posted on
03/21/2008 5:07:51 AM PDT by
grey_whiskers
(The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
To: roaddog727
I am amazed at the response here. Obviously the conclusion is that cities put these things in to raise revenue, and when they don't make enough money to pay the costs of the contractor who runs the whole scam, they take them out.
Funny thing that it turns out to be about the money and not about the children.
What part about human venality don't folks understand around here?
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