Are red-light cameras about keeping drivers safe or generating revenue?

by Fox Report with Shepard Smith Posted 2012/10/08 15:00:00

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	Keeping drivers safe	57 votes	7%
	Generating revenue	542 votes	67%
	Both	206 votes	26%

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Marcus Clark 2012/10/17 06:21:08

Generating revenue

If they were about keeping drivers safe they would be removed immediately. It has been conclusively shown that red light cameras are dangerous, and their known presence cause accidents.

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Resizstance 2012/10/17 00:36:37 (edited)

Generating revenue

It's ALWAYS about the money when it comes to the Government.

As an added bonus, the money that the Government collects from spying on the people is helping to finance the ever growing web of cameras that are violating our rights to privacy. Which in turn buy's the Government a priceless commodity, A commodity that Government holds above ALL other commodity's. ---- POWER!!!!

POWER, over and ON the people.

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the judgebigdogeagle 2012/10/12 22:33:51

Keeping drivers safe

Out where I live. they cause more nera wrecks,especially when teh driver ahead of you or me is on ethe phone,not paying attention,then slamming on the brakes at the last second,knowing this is a red light insection.Alomost causing a chain reaction wreck. Nearly been in a few.

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jc 2012/10/12 17:41:51

Generating revenue

Always about the money.It's unconstitutional and you will win if you take it to court.

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mytstar 2012/10/12 16:45:11

Generating revenue

A red light camera does nothing at all to keep drivers safe...you are either going to stop at the light or you are not...taking your picture while running a red light doesnt make you any safer...I want to add that I do think they help when showing who was at fault when involved in a accident caused by someone running a red light...but they certainly are not keeping any body safe

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WWZ Captain 2012/10/12 16:43:35
k r 2012/10/12 16:06:03

Generating revenue

Traffic light cameras could be used to keep people safe at dangerous intersections. To do this you would want to overtly place the cameras and provide signs notifying people the cameras were in use. Instead many choose to place them covertly. If you want them to keep people safe - advertise that they are in use with signs, publicity, etc. The objective would be to reduce the number of people running the lights, not simply ticket them.

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mytstar to k r 2012/10/12 16:52:50

I think intersections could benefit by having a flashing light placed in areas before the intersection to alert people that they are approaching a control light area also would help to have them when approaching a stop sign area...they could use solar enegry to help cut down the expense of them

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marc to k r 2012/10/12 17:24:57

I agree with you, in my county we have signs in place before the intersections the cameras are installed and it states the amount of the fine if you run the red light, but they are still running through the red light intersections. The only problem we had was for drivers turning right at an intersection after a complete stop and they were fined but later reimbursed after litigation arising from it.

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Centurion~PWCM~JLA 2012/10/12 15:27:59

Generating revenue

Just one more way for government to get into our pocketbooks. I've heard of some people disabling some of those cameras. Unfortunately, they did not know that they were on another camera when they were doing so.

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jimmy d 2012/10/12 15:06:15

Generating revenue

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It causes more accidents because drivers are stopping short and abruptly because of the cameras.

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WWZ Cap... to jimmy d 2012/10/12 16:46:03

Yep, now it seems like yellow and red mean stop !

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Dum Luk 2012/10/12 09:24:14

Generating revenue

+1
You can't cross-examine a camera.
Also, in my area, collisions have increased after red-light cameras were installed.
People are stopping short and getting rear-ended, because they don't want to be caught on camera and get rear-ended.

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k r to Dum Luk 2013/02/03 15:13:28

I think the collisions might increase if not everyone knew there was a camera at the intersection. Same thing would happen if there was a traffic cop hiding in the bushes. those that saw it would stop short - those that didn't would not. Hence my opinion that they be clearly marked and advertised.

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Wolf 2012/10/12 08:15:29

Generating revenue

+1
They are also illegal under the law because there is no accuser...

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mytstar to Wolf 2012/10/12 16:56:46

well I am not so sure about your information as to them being illegal...I think you need to check your resources...but I do agree their use does more to generate funds than protect lives

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k r to Wolf 2013/02/03 15:11:23

not necessarily illegal for that reason. You have the opportunity to challenge the ticket. In court you would face a representative of the municipality and could ask when the camera was installed, when it was last tested, by whom, when it was last synchronized, what the error was, etc. If they can not produce documentation to support their accusation the benefit of the doubt goes to you (allegedly).

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mzemma 2012/10/12 05:33:52

Both

and cutting man power. Keeps drivers on the up and up... makes people behave... otherwise they act like stupid kids with cell phones hanging from their ears. People know right from wrong........adults should act like it. Sixteen is too young to be driver....ever talk to a 16 year old? Duh! And then they get into high power people killing machines.....
it's scary alright

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Centuri... to mzemma 2012/10/12 15:25:37

When I was in Germany, 17 was the minimum age but for the most part I saw very few German drivers under 20. I was actually delayed getting my first license because when I was 15 in Germany, I could not attend driver's training. When I came back to the states days before my 16th birthday, I could not get a license for another year as I had to take driver's training (with a bunch of freshmen) the year that I was a junior.

My exchange daughter from Russia tells us that most Russian young people don't get driver's licenses until their mid-twenties.

I do question the wisdom of contemporary 16 year-old drivers. They are far less mature than 40 years ago.

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Carson 2012/10/12 04:58:45

Generating revenue

I ment keeping drivers safe I swear. Please dont take me away. No No not to the cage with the iron bars indefinatly. No I have a mother please no no noooo!

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CODE 11 2012/10/12 03:59:19

Keeping drivers safe

Most of the cameras you see are regulating traffic..not taking pictures

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C. C. Rider 2012/10/12 03:35:28

Generating revenue

+1
Red light cameras should have never been allowed in any state. A machine does not have the right to throw you in a court room system that is flawed.

They, along with the seat belt law, are nothing more then a flim flam on this nation to rob you of your money.

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Centuri... to C. C. R... 2012/10/12 15:30:38

+1

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kcoat 2012/10/12 03:08:08

Generating revenue

Pure and simple!

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USAF Vet 2012/10/12 02:55:59

Generating revenue

It's all about revenue generation: idiot drivers will always run red lights, fail to yield, speed up when they see the light turn yellow, etc.,...Cities love idiot drivers.

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jimmie 2012/10/12 01:56:14

Both

+1
Big brother is always watching

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Centuri... to jimmie 2012/10/12 15:32:23

And he deserves to have his eye poked out.

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nails 2012/10/11 22:32:58

Both

Do you have any thought's on what else it could possibly be ? Just curious.

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CODE 11 to nails 2012/10/12 04:01:02

Those cameras regulate traffic..they used to be ground level equipment..but were damaged to many times.

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ART 2012/10/11 20:37:41

Keeping drivers safe

SINCE I SEE PEOPLE BLOWING RED LIGHTS CONSTANTLY, I WOULD SAY IT IS MOSTLY FOR SAFETY

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johnnyg 2012/10/11 18:32:42

Generating revenue

+1
Revenue!! If it was for safety there would be a PERSON at the intersection keeping people safe!!

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JessyBear 2012/10/11 17:14:12

Generating revenue

Just keep feeding the system and everything will be ok - at all levels we could cut costs if people would just get back to basics, but instead we come up with new and better ways to feed the Government. This should not even be allowed. It is just a money maker and it makes no sense. I'm sure the insurance companies love it at well - more money if the Government gives out more tickets - Broken, broken, broken - we need to take back our country from our own goverment.

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bob to JessyBear 2012/10/11 22:10:24 (edited)

The irony of your last statement is that the government in place now is the one we put there in the last election. What makes you think we'll do any better with the next one? Have you ever thought of running for an elected office? City council, PTA, school board, etc... There are many opportunities to be the change that you want to see happen.

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JessyBear to bob 2012/10/12 14:53:37

+1
I agree with you Bob. We have been sleeping for years while those on the inside have taken over and people are just now waking up to the fact that the country they thought they belonged to is almost gone.

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mytstar to bob 2012/10/12 17:12:01 (edited)

check out information about a little town in Arizona called El Mirage...the people there were able to get rid of the whole City Council and city manager in that town...when they stood up to it and replaced it with a council that was not corrupt... I didnt think we could do it...but we did

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mytstar to JessyBear 2012/10/12 17:06:42

+1
Its called job security....the government doesnt want the people to be self sufficient...it wants to continue to have the people more and more dependent on the government...Job Security for them

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John "By God" American 2012/10/11 17:08:47

Generating revenue

+1
Totally. Law enforcement doesn't keep us safe, they're there to clean up after the crime has been committed...

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mytstar to John "B... 2012/10/15 18:42:13

+2
When Seconds Count....The Police Are Just Minutes Away

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John "B... to mytstar 2012/10/15 19:32:07

Ladies and Gentlemen, we have a winner!!!!

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whitewulf--the unruly mobster 2012/10/11 16:38:55