NY times on red light cameras
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Over the past few years, we’ve seen plenty of stories about problems with red light cameras, from the fact that they tend to cause more accidents (though, rear end accidents, rather than t-bone accidents) to the fact that some cities have been caught lowering the yellow light time in order to catch more red light runners. One thing that seems quite clear at this point is that the cameras are not about promoting safe driving at all, but are purely about increasing revenue (both for the local government and for the private companies who usually manage the cameras for a cut of the fees). And while there have been some mainstream press reports about the problems with the cameras, there haven’t been many public calls from the mainstream press to do something about them.
At least til they get caught by one of these revenue-enhancing little buggers….
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nathan
June 21st, 2008
at 3:05am
i wonna play the game lol