Beware of Arizona Saguaro Cactus
Last year traveling through Florida we spotted a series of cameras along with a large sign on the highway that they were monitoring license plates....HERE is that earlier topic. I guess Arizona is ...
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WyoTraveler wrote:
It really makes sense to put up red light cameras. We drove about 120 miles on an 8 hour shift in a police vehicle in SO CA. Multiply that by 3 i.e. approx 330 miles a day on a police vehicle. With the cost of fuel and maintenance of vehicles it really cuts into a budget. With cameras you can still monitor crime and dangerous intersections with a lot less cost. I don't have a problem I stop at red lights. I think they should have them in all school zones also. Radar and cameras. JMHO
I would have less of a problem with red light cameras if in fact they didn't play games with them to increase revenue. The other problem is rear end and other collisions occur more frequently in areas with red light cameras. One of the common methods the red light camera vendors do is fudge the "yellow" time. There is a standard yellow time depending on the speed limit on the particular road. What the companies that install, sell and service the cameras do is shorten the yellow time to idiotic limits such as two seconds in a 35 MPH zone. Their "studies" show that if the yellow time is say 6 - 10 seconds they don't receive enough revenue to justify the camera installation and maintenance. The companies and cities doing this see this as a revenue instrument rather than an incentive to ensure people stop at intersections. I hate it when people run red lights however I hate it more when governments collude with big business to use red light cameras as a revenue tool.
