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I belong to a wonderful source of tech news from England. In today's email, they had a link to the government's praise of red light cameras as they saved 1700 lives. But apparently their statistics are skewed and this article explains the process.
Interesting read ....
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/08/08/speed_camera_figures/
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I have seen the same spin put on things here. No surprise the do it in England and the EU too. BTW the Reg is one of my favorite news sources. No BS there.
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When the subject is photo enforcement it's all about the money....
John
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Albuquerque introduced these puppies about two or three years ago. They measure your speed and if you run a red light. It became such a lucrative enterprise that the City had a huge wad of money. Our Prostitute for a Gov noticed this and the State now gets the bulk of revenue. They were initially to be used in high incident intersections but the income was so good they soon spread throughout the City. Santa Fe noticed this and are in the process of installing them. The folks in Las Cruces took note and have plans to implement.
I figure our lowly State is a precursor to things to come. Cameras will be at your local corner, watching you and recording your movements. I suspect the camera functions can be expanded.
I will say the intersections, where the cameras are, seem more civil and are safer. When you think of the amount of money generated it amazes me of the number of people who break the law at the intersections.
Don't get me wrong, I have no love for "big brother". Ask someone about the monitors embedded in the interstate system that talk to your car and we are not aware of it.
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| I do not think most people run red lights on purpose, sometimes they change because here in the US you have no indication before hand when it will change. I ran one just earlier coming back from the airport. I had no time to stop, it would of been unsafe to slam on the brakes (and yes I was going the posted 65mph). But however I did not blow it to the point of where the other direction would be going yet. I always have said if the Government here in the states would setup the lights like I lived with in Austria there be no reason to run red lights. The lights there start to flash and on the 5th flash it changes from Green, to Yellow, to Red. Then to go the light will change from Red, to Yellow to Green giving you time to put your car in gear (if you have a manual). This would be a simple thing to start here as I'm sure the computer int he current lights here could be set this way, and be cheaper then red light cameras. That would be if it was about safety, but wait the Government who crys if you do not have a helmet nor a seatbelt on for YOUR safety won't inact such a simple thing as to just program the units to work as they do in Austria. Instead they want $$$$$$ from the people that misjudge their distance or were not given the proper warning that the light was about to change. Red lights scare me daily. I'm always thinking "when will this light change" and then bam it changes with no warning.
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Yes, I'm afraid that this thread is correct - it's about the money disguised as public safety.
When they installed Sleazy Pass in New Jersey it was under the guise as a method to reduce traffic jams at the toll plazas. It wasn't long before drivers started getting speeding tickets in the mail because the time it took for them to go from one toll plaza to another was calculated in mph. The state also haphazardly placed the Sleazy Pass booths differently at each toll plaza so there was quite a bit of confusion for drivers and it resulted in many being forced into the Sleazy Pass lanes. And, of course, the resulting toll violation ticket was mailed to you. Now they have the high speed Sleazy Pass and they make it very easy for drivers to "accidently" enter that lane with no way to exit it even if you realize it long before the toll indicators.
And to make matters even more suspect, the state was told that the entire Sleazy Pass system could be funded by fines payed by drivers inadvertently going through Sleazy Pass plazas!
So that's our government here in New Jersey. I do believe that the Mafia is a more honorable organization than our state government.
Now, let me get this right - is it one down, four up?
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Rootie -
I never much cared for driving through NJ and now you make it sound even more appealing.
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