From: thetibetanmonkey@gmail.com
On Friday, December 26, 2014 7:31:53 PM UTC-5, Jeff Strickland wrote:
> "Your Name" wrote in message
> news:261220141935246095%YourName@YourISP.com...
> > In article <1fdb6dbf-5d94-4154-96f7-37bd0275c3d2@googlegroups.com>,
> > wrote:
> >
> >> On Thursday, December 25, 2014 9:36:13 PM UTC-6, Your Name wrote:
> >>
> >> >
> >> > D'UH!! Just obey the road rules and stop at the red light and you won't
> >> > have to pay anything anyway. :-\
> >> >
> >> > It's only selfish morons that have problems with theses cameras.
> >>
> >> Not the only issue. Many times those cameras cause more wrecks than
> >> they are suppose to decrease. IE: some people will throw on the
> >> brakes and slam to an abrupt halt even if they are on the safe
> >> side of yellow. Which causes the people behind them to slam into
> >> them if they are not paying close attention.
> >
> > Then those people behind are...
> > A. too close,
> > and / or B. not paying proper attention,
>
>
> and in the case of B.) they are too close.
>
> Having said that, Red Light cameras are a crock of shit. A complete crock of
> shit.
>
> If they were interested in curing accidents at an intersection, they would
> ticket drivers from every direction in that intersection, but they only get
> drivers from one, maybe two, directions at any intersection where there is a
> camera.
>
> And, the STATED GOAL of Red Light cameras is safety, not punishment.
They hit you too hard for something minor like "failing to make a full stop
when turning right." We sometimes roll along because we see no traffic or
pedestrians, and voila!
The person actually running a red light pays the same!!!
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