06-10-2019, 01:12 AM
(06-10-2019, 12:13 AM)Bazbro_imp Wrote: The evidence is to the contrary, Randy. After the second or third ticket and the offender in danger of losing his licence, insurance premium going up, etc., the penny drops that, er, maybe they ought to be taking more care and NOT tempted to jump red lights!
You're talking about those ½ second jumpers I mentioned, not the stale light runners that are not paying attention to the road.
The other major issue I have with this is that you have people operating a vehicle that doesn't own it. be it a family member, a friend, or an employee. The ticket still goes to the owner of the vehicle, not the operator. This goes straight to due process and the lack of it when it comes to these cameras.
I get it, we all want a safer world, but the world is not safe. You can't legislate out bad behavior no matter how badly that you might want to. People will continue to look at their phones, put on makeup, read the paper (only old people), eat CEREAL (I've seen this)....basically do anything and everything except pay attention to the road while driving, and no amount of laws or fines will stop them.
Don't get me wrong here, running red lights is a bad thing, and so are overly loud exhaust pipes. I have sat next to an open pipe V-twin in traffic and it was deafening with the window up. That needs to be taken care of by the police, and not with a fixit ticket. Add points and insurance premiums to the cost and they'll put the quieter pipes back on. If they don't, impound the vehicle.
Either way, the cameras are revenue streams more than anything. And one of the big arguments against them? They target the poor and underclass. Go figure.