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Originally Posted by Ironhorse
What I've been saying (and seeing) for years now. People are paranoid of that $300+ fine, and will do absolute panic stops in cases where they should have kept going.
I still think it is a cash cow and not much else.
http://www.canada.com/calgaryherald/...789502&k=45709 |
I recall reading a couple of years back that in one municipality in North Carolina that had pilot projects for photo radar and red light cameras. The police raved about how much safer these devices would make the streets and so the municipality allowed it to go full-scale but stipulated that any ticket revenue collected from this would go towards the local public school board as opposed to funding more police on the street which happens in other places (Alberta for one). Within short order eventually all of the camera were removed as the police didn't find them all that effective at improving safety. I'll try to find the article that I read and post it here.