Posted on 01/14/2009 8:05:51 AM PST by Aglooka
Two New Hampshire GOP House members have added their names to a Legislative Service Requestion seeking to introduce a bill allowing red light cameras in the Granite State.
House members Ken Hawkins (R-Bedford) and John A Graham (R-Bedford) have joined NH State Senator Sheila Roberge (R-Bedford) in sponsoring LSR 2009-S-0874-R, titled "authorizing the electronic enforcement of traffic signal violations."
Red light cameras snap a digital photo of vehicles caught inside the intersection when the the signal changes from yellow to red, not just those entering the intersection after the signal changes to red. With no video to contest the situation drivers are forced to pay the fine.
Companies that operate red light cameras often collect a percentage of each ticket.
Redflex Traffic Systems, Inc. and Gatso USA are both sponsers of the "National Campaign to Stop Red Light Running" http://www.stopredlightrunning.com The campaign was founded by ACS State and Local Solutions.
Red light cameras are a public-private scam to generate revenue and profits at the expense of due process.
ping!
They could make a hell of a lot more money if they would just put a toll gate at each red light.
Ugh. With rats in already command there the last we need is RINOs pushing crap like this. It’s called extortion.
“Live Free or Die. We even put it on our license plates. And if you cover it up...we’ll put you in jail.”
Those things are b*tches. Even if you’re slighly off going through a yellow, they’ll get you. My friend got $100 ticket in the mail one day for that.
(Sigh) Both my state rep and my state senator. Letters to be sent today in opposition - it’s about revenue, not safety.
We had them for three months. The cost out weighed what our could fund. We removed them. Not Worth it.
Well then I think they are Republicrats, NOT Republicans.
I’m sure with a little ingenuity, they can be made to take pictures of the heavens.
I laughed myself silly when the juridiction I work in went with this “sweetheart” deal with the red light manufacturers. Free money they exclaimed.
But, people stopped running the lights and now the city can’t make the payments and maintenance bills. Scammed suckers!
Who is "we"?
Lubbock, TX
Interesting that all these RINOs are from Bedford, NH.
Bedford has a *LOT* of traffic lights on Rte 101, the only major East/West highway in NH. This is just a way for the town to enrich themselves at the state’s expense.
I don’t think it has a chance of passing, and the good people of Bedford are likely to take note of these RINOs.
The down side is that we are likely to have three more DemoncRATs in the state house next election.
Sure, it’s more about revenue than safety. But it’s still worse than that. It’s about even more control. Legislators have to legislate. That’s who and what they are. Always a new law, a new regulation, a new program or scheme. More government less individual autonomy. Have you noticed an increasing proliferation of signs on streets, roads and highways. Always more, never any taken away. In my area there are numerous intersection that have two or three sets of traffic lights for each direction when one would be more than adequate.
“Live Free or Die. We even put it on our license plates. And if you cover it up...we’ll put you in jail.”
> What happened? Did the Massholes start a campaign to turn NH blue?
We’ve had an invasion of Mass residents moving up here to escape the horrendous tax burdens and bureaucracy of Massachusetts.
Unfortunately, they did not change their voting patterns.
Anyone voting for this should be booted out of the GOP. They have no clue what it means to be a free citizen.
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