Red light camera, a good tool? or profit machine?

14holestogie · 02-22-2009, 11:56 AM

Obey the laws and no tickets are handed out, as some of our lawmen BOTL would say. Read the last paragraph. They are having the desired effect.

02-22-2009, 12:05 PM

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Originally Posted by 14holestogie

Obey the laws and no tickets are handed out, as some of our lawmen BOTL would say. Read the last paragraph. They are having the desired effect.

I do agree you must ALWAYS respect the law, but to say that in real life, if you manned the same sites with "the fine law enforcement officials of flesh and blood "(exchange 1 official for 1 camera) the ticket count would be even half that..
And most of the time these $$ are collected from a billing agency out side of the state.

And its about the $$ just as toll roads, and the coming tax per mile driven..

14holestogie · 02-22-2009, 12:12 PM

Yeah, I was playing lawman's advocate there, but by the same token, with all the restrained budgets and the effect that they have on manpower, you can't begrudge the city from trying something more efficient.
Same concept as when robotics starting taking over industry. You free up the person that would have had to do the same thing to do something else more worthwhile. I'd much rather have an officer available while I'm getting mugged than have him writing a ticket.

SeanGAR · 02-22-2009, 12:47 PM

Speed limits are capricious. I have been on the same highway when it was 55 as when it was 75. What was the difference? Same piece of asphalt. Politics. Should we be basing speed limits on politics? Not a big fan of idiot politicians myself. I consider a speeding ticket for going 81 on an interstate to be theft, pure and simple.

ActionAndy · 05-06-2009, 01:29 PM

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Originally Posted by SeanGAR

Speed limits are capricious. I have been on the same highway when it was 55 as when it was 75. What was the difference? Same piece of asphalt. Politics. Should we be basing speed limits on politics? Not a big fan of idiot politicians myself. I consider a speeding ticket for going 81 on an interstate to be theft, pure and simple.

Quoted for TRUTH.

02-22-2009, 11:56 AM	#1
14holestogie Serial banter killer Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Tim Location: Clintonville, WI Posts: 4,341 Trading: (52)	Re: Red light camera, a good tool? or profit machi Obey the laws and no tickets are handed out, as some of our lawmen BOTL would say. Read the last paragraph. They are having the desired effect. __________________ *I loves me a Parti*

02-22-2009, 12:12 PM	#3
14holestogie Serial banter killer Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Tim Location: Clintonville, WI Posts: 4,341 Trading: (52)	Re: Red light camera, a good tool? or profit machi Yeah, I was playing lawman's advocate there, but by the same token, with all the restrained budgets and the effect that they have on manpower, you can't begrudge the city from trying something more efficient. Same concept as when robotics starting taking over industry. You free up the person that would have had to do the same thing to do something else more worthwhile. I'd much rather have an officer available while I'm getting mugged than have him writing a ticket. __________________ *I loves me a Parti*

02-22-2009, 12:47 PM	#4
SeanGAR Crotchety Geezer Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Radford VA Posts: 911 Trading: (3)	Re: Red light camera, a good tool? or profit machi Speed limits are capricious. I have been on the same highway when it was 55 as when it was 75. What was the difference? Same piece of asphalt. Politics. Should we be basing speed limits on politics? Not a big fan of idiot politicians myself. I consider a speeding ticket for going 81 on an interstate to be theft, pure and simple. __________________ How can you have any pudding if you don't eat your meat?