Sounds good to me except the part about red light cameras. They suck. First of all it was admitted sometime ago in the council that the primary reason for the cameras is REVENUE--not safety. Its well established that number of accidents go UP at intersections where red light cameras are installed. Oh, they say, that is true, but the kinds of accidents that go up in number are rear end collisions that are usually less severe and cause fewer and lesser injuries than T bone collisons which are the primary types of accidents they claim to be trying to prevent with the cameras. HUH? Seems to me we should use tactics that reduce all kinds of accidents and certainly not use ones that increase any kind of accidents. Why would we want more accidents???? Then, the process also sucks, if you get snagged, you can't get a trial in a real traffic court before a real judge, but some kind of kangaroo hearing that you have to pay for if you lose- and the citizen usually does lose. The companies are the real benefactors and they go nationwide to jurisdictions marketing their systems and the incentive they always cite more than any other is the potential revenue the systems can bring.
Sounds good to me except the part about red light cameras. They suck. First of all it was admitted sometime ago in the council that the primary reason for the cameras is REVENUE--not safety. Its well established that number of accidents go UP at intersections where red light cameras are installed. Oh, they say, that is true, but the kinds of accidents that go up in number are rear end collisions that are usually less severe and cause fewer and lesser injuries than T bone collisons which are the primary types of accidents they claim to be trying to prevent with the cameras. HUH? Seems to me we should use tactics that reduce all kinds of accidents and certainly not use ones that increase any kind of accidents. Why would we want more accidents???? Then, the process also sucks, if you get snagged, you can't get a trial in a real traffic court before a real judge, but some kind of kangaroo hearing that you have to pay for if you lose- and the citizen usually does lose. The companies are the real benefactors and they go nationwide to jurisdictions marketing their systems and the incentive they always cite more than any other is the potential revenue the systems can bring.