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Originally Posted by Gerald
What is wrong with the "Red Light" camera and getting tickets?
Last week my wife came home all shook up because she came within inches of being rear-end by some one at a Red light.
When she saw the light had change.....she slowed down to stop. The car behind her was not planning to stop and was going too fast. It swirved just in time to miss hitting my wife.
Oh.....the light was already RED when this happened.
If you obey the law......stop when the light turns "yellow"......you have nothing to worry about when the camera is watching.
We need red light camera to keep more people from running RED lights.
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The statistics show that the camera's actually increase the number of the rear end collisions.
In Lafayette, they reduced the yellow light timing and left the speed limits the same. At several intersections, if you're in a bigger size vehicle doing 45 mph, you just about have to stand on the brakes to stop in time. My motivation not to run a red light is the chance of injuring myself or others, if I can't handle that responsibility I don't need to be on the road.
This is just another tax, it's not about safety.
We have allowed law enforcement/government power to grow to the point that it has spiraled out of control. First there is cameras at intersections, where next? Entire streets are "MAN" monitored in Great Britain now.