L.A. City Council Votes to Remove Red-Light Cameras
They were unpopular, unenforced, and costing money.
L.A. City Council Votes to Remove Red-Light Cameras - NYTimes.com |
...now, if only the Tucson City Council would read the NYTimes!
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Across the US yellow lights have been shortened with the connivance of politicians and bureaucrats looking for private sector higher paying jobs. As a result, accidents went up. A cry went up from the astro-turf wilderness about the slaughter on our roads. Ergo, cameras and huge revenues.
In Canada the yellow light was lengthened slightly, and there is a momentary pause before the lights change to the next configuration. Accident reduction. . |
...as always there's a three-way probability: (1) the RIGHT way; (2) the WRONG way; and (3) the GOVERNMENT (city/state/federal) way...in that descending order!
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Houston turning off red light cameras as it works to avoid paying millions in legal fight | StarTribune.com
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^ Proof positive that the darn things were intended to be revenue generators first and foremost. Grrr.
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OK - how do people here propose that red-light "jumpers" or "runners" be caught ?
(I am not in favour of these cameras, I want accidents caused by people breaking the rules to be reduced) |
It seems like we have a cop for every 3 citizens in our police state; surely if they spent a little less time at the donut shop or demonizing citizens over seatbelts they could enforce the laws that matter.
They could do better in eliminating short yellows which are nothing more than entrapment schemes. More comprehensive driver's training might help too. |
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The one second delay between the red in one direction and the green in another would take care of most of the problem, after a longer yellow. |
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Red light cameras can work when used to reduce hazards, but they don't appear to work when the intent is to generate revenue. Boo hoo. |
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Extending the yellow light duration is the most effective way of increasing safety. Period. |
Maybe we could have some cops back ?
The last time I saw a traffic policeman imposing rules it was to make sure drivers didn't pull into a (mostly empty and wasting space) bus lane about 20 ft before they should. Hardly a safety issue is it ? |
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Especially when the vehicles doing the catching are parked illegally themselves... http://www.thecnj.com/camden/2008/05...s052908_05.jpg (EDIT - Double Yellow lines in the UK means no parking or stopping). |
Heh. Figures that they'd realize it was a corporate welfare scam on the backs of hapless citizens. No problems paying more policefolks to enforce traffic laws. But outsourcing law enforcement to a private company that gets a cut of the revenue, that's a problem.
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They knew it was a corporate welfare thing from the start. They just thought they try it to see if they could get away with it- same mentality as the execs I used to work with. Their motto is "It is better to beg for forgiveness than ask for permission". In other words, get away with whatever you think you can, and then some. The risk/reward ratio is favorable.
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