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Originally Posted by HarryT
I agree with it, too. Good drivers have nothing to fear from enforcement cameras, and I know from personal experience that cameras DO make people drive more sensibly. Near where I work there's a road junction where, until recently, a red traffic light seemed to mean "put your foot down and drive very fast through the red light". They've now installed cameras at the junction, and people stop and obey the red light.
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Unfortunately that's not true. The reason the red light cameras have such a bad reputation in the U.S. is because many of the cities that put them in use them as a revenue source rather than enforcement of the law. When you put the camera in and shorten the yellow time to 1 second or less it's obviously not about law enforcement. Speed cameras have been treated the same way in many locals. Kind of like how when you extend the copyrights from life+50 to life+70 it's not about remunerating the author or getting him to create more works.
Greg Weeks