Red light camera were not banned in Wisconsin. Photo-radar was banned. The objection was a privacy issue: That the camera would need to identify the person driving to issue a ticket, and legislators did not want that level of accuracy/detail.
There is a proposal to allow red light camera-issued tickets to be sent to the owner of the vehicle instead of the driver. This would make a red light violation like a parking ticket. (I was going to say more expensive, but I think parking in a spot with a disability restriction is over $100 now, maybe $200.) If the ticket was issued to the owner, then no "points" would be assigned to the driver. Only the license plate and some portion of the vehicle would be identified in the photo, presumably satisfying the concerns of civil libertarians. As support for issuing a ticket to the owner of the car, I offer the case of my cousin's husband, who gathered a $100 ticket for running a red while using my cousin's car. Of course, Margaret opened the ticket - complete with photo - when it arrived, since it was addressed to her. The cost of the ticket was nothing compared to the wrath she rained on her husband for running a red. Robbie Webber Bike Walk Madison Steering Committee www.bikewalkmadison.org Join our group on Facebook! On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 7:55 AM, Steve Drake <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks to the wisdom of Wisconsin’s elected officials who banned the use of > red light cameras back in 1995, drivers don’t have to worry about the > scourge light cameras and are free to race through red lights- at the peril > of bicyclists, pedestrians, and other drivers. > > > > > > _____________________________________________________ > > > > By Kristen Schorsch, Tribune reporter > > > > February 14, 2010 > > Valentine's Day captured passion of another kind — the ire of Chicago > motorists who joined a nationwide protest Sunday against red-light cameras. > > > > Nearly two dozen protesters armed with posters took over the southeast > corner of Addison Street and Western Avenue. They called for drivers to honk > their horns to protest communities they say are using the cameras, which > snap photos of drivers running red lights, to generate revenue rather than > reducing crashes. > > > > "They're stealing our money," car passenger Adrian Cruz shouted out his > window. > > > > Scott Tucker, who organized the protest and is the Republican candidate for > the 11th District state House seat, said he's supporting pending legislation > to rid automated ticketing machines in Illinois. > > > > "It's a quality-of-life issue," said Tucker, 37, of Chicago's Roscoe Village > neighborhood. "It's taking money out of our pockets and putting it into a > wasteful government economy rather than keeping it in the free enterprise > system" and creating jobs. > > > > Chicago Department of Transportation spokesman Brian Steele said the cameras > are "first and foremost about safety" and have been since the city launched > the program in 2003. > > > > Rostelle Reese, 56, of the city's Grand Crossing community, said he has > received three $100 tickets from running red lights and is scared that he'll > be rear-ended if he slams on his brakes when a traffic light turns yellow. > But it's either that or risk getting another ticket, he said. > > > > "I don't know whether to have an accident or continue through," Reese said. > > > > [email protected] > > > > Copyright © 2010, Chicago Tribune > > > > http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/ct-met-red-light-0215-20100214,0,4740280.story > > > > _______________________________________________ > Bikies mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org > > _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected] http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org
