First off, I have no gripe about being legitimately caught for a driving
offense by a member of the law enforcement community. I did it, and was
caught red-handed. It happens infrequently enough, compared to the number
of other times that I could have been caught for similar offensive behavior,
that I simply consider it my "speeding tax" and go to court to plead it down
to a non-moving violation and end up paying somewhere around double the
original fine.
I believe the major gripe here is that nothing is being done to improve the
safety problem of that particular intersection. Red-light cameras exist for
one reason and one reason only, to generate revenue. If you believe they
serve any other purpose, please enlighten us as to what it is.
If "they", the local law enforcement and elected officials scene, had any
interest at all in preventing accidents at that intersection, they would be
there in-person writing tickets and reprimanding the drivers on the spot for
their offensive behavior. It's kind of like rubbing a dogs nose in the
fresh steamer that he just laid upon your carpet. You gotta do it right
away or they just look at you stupidly.
Another part of it goes way back to that Boston Tea Party deal, something
about taxation without representation. Oh, and there's also that deal about
having the right to look your accuser in the face, or something or other
like that.
Eric (damn the man!) Linnhoff in KC
'98 Mini-Viper #69 STS
http://www.geocities.com/eric10mm/KnuckleDragger
----- Original Message -----
> I'm sorry, I'm confused here. If you run a red light,
> you get a ticket. I'm not sure what you're saying. The
> cameras aren't working? Red light runners shouldn't be
> ticketed?
>
> -Katie Kelly
>
> --- Chuck <golden1@britsys.net> wrote:
> > A perfect example is the
> > red light cameras, I
> > haven't seen any statistics that prove they have any
> > real significance in
> > reducing traffic accidents except possibly at a few
> > specific intersections,
> > but they generate huge profits for the companies
> > that install and monitor
> > them.
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