Speeding Cameras

[Skidoo]

Interesting that the driver signs no promise to appear.

[BrandonT858]

Some may find it a distraction on the road. I think it is often safer to be driving 5-10 mph faster than the speed limit. Also the they are just white Astro vans that they park on the sidewalk in random spots on different days.

[bobman0330]

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I think it is often safer to be driving 5-10 mph faster than the speed limit.

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See, your real beef is you don't like speeding laws. Fair, but this particular argument is complete BS. You're openly violating the law in public. How can you possibly think you have a right to do this?

[MidGe]

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Some may find it a distraction on the road. I think it is often safer to be driving 5-10 mph faster than the speed limit. Also the they are just white Astro vans that they park on the sidewalk in random spots on different days.

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Yes, you may think so, like most morans!

[andyfox]

"I think it is often safer to be driving 5-10 mph faster than the speed limit."

I think it is often safer to be driving under the influence of alcohol. Makes me calmer and less prone to road rage. I know best what laws I can violate with impunity.

[AzDesertRat]

Try living in Arizona--we have them on a stretch of freeway going through Scottsdale in addition to the cameras at red lights and vans. Rumor is they want to try to put them on ALL of Arizona's freeways through a referendum next year.

A huge problem IMO as this is driven by revenues not safety and is a pet peeve of mine. I follow a site/blog called thenewspaper.com and it follows the topic very closely. I bought a license cover for $25 and that keeps me insulated from the tickets, but still pi$$es me off. Police should be around for public safety NOT as a revenue source. [img]/images/graemlins/mad.gif[/img]

[TomCollins]

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Try living in Arizona--we have them on a stretch of freeway going through Scottsdale in addition to the cameras at red lights and vans. Rumor is they want to try to put them on ALL of Arizona's freeways through a referendum next year.

A huge problem IMO as this is driven by revenues not safety and is a pet peeve of mine. I follow a site/blog called thenewspaper.com and it follows the topic very closely. I bought a license cover for $25 and that keeps me insulated from the tickets, but still pi$$es me off. Police should be around for public safety NOT as a revenue source. [img]/images/graemlins/mad.gif[/img]

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Perhaps a solution to this is to make all fines due to traffic tickets go towards some fund for victums of automobile crashes, or something OTHER than the police departments. This would make this a public safety issue rather than funding issue pretty fast.

[AzDesertRat]

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Try living in Arizona--we have them on a stretch of freeway going through Scottsdale in addition to the cameras at red lights and vans. Rumor is they want to try to put them on ALL of Arizona's freeways through a referendum next year.

A huge problem IMO as this is driven by revenues not safety and is a pet peeve of mine. I follow a site/blog called thenewspaper.com and it follows the topic very closely. I bought a license cover for $25 and that keeps me insulated from the tickets, but still pi$$es me off. Police should be around for public safety NOT as a revenue source. [img]/images/graemlins/mad.gif[/img]

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Perhaps a solution to this is to make all fines due to traffic tickets go towards some fund for victums of automobile crashes, or something OTHER than the police departments. This would make this a public safety issue rather than funding issue pretty fast.

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Right now the fines go into the general fund for the town/city/municipality and is also split with private company putting and maintaining these things. If you were to change where the funds go, you would rapidly lose support for these things from these jurisdictions and they wouldn't be around any more.

It's not about safety, it's about the money--anyone who says otherwise is either completely ignorant or is trying to sell you something.

[Poofler]

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Try living in Arizona--we have them on a stretch of freeway going through Scottsdale in addition to the cameras at red lights and vans. Rumor is they want to try to put them on ALL of Arizona's freeways through a referendum next year.

A huge problem IMO as this is driven by revenues not safety and is a pet peeve of mine. I follow a site/blog called thenewspaper.com and it follows the topic very closely. I bought a license cover for $25 and that keeps me insulated from the tickets, but still pi$$es me off. Police should be around for public safety NOT as a revenue source. [img]/images/graemlins/mad.gif[/img]

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Perhaps a solution to this is to make all fines due to traffic tickets go towards some fund for victums of automobile crashes, or something OTHER than the police departments. This would make this a public safety issue rather than funding issue pretty fast.

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I have no idea if this particular case is profitable, but schemes like this have actually driven down State revenues before.

[Meech]

The answer is obvious.

Speeders contribute to terrorism.

(I'm opposed to this type of big brother monitoring, fwiw.)