Will - do you have references for any of these accusations? > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of willhill > Sent: Friday, September 12, 2008 3:28 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [brlug-general] Traffic Camera Rant, while my power > is still up. > > On the way home, I noticed that the red light camera at the > corner of Perkins and Lee was back in action. It's obnoxious > flash put half a dozen blind spots onto my retinas while I > waited to cross Perkins. No one was running the light, the > camera was falsely identifying people making allowed turns. > > It sickens me that money that could have been used to make > more reliable power lines were wasted on traffic cameras. > Lee road is notorious for the rat's nest of above ground > power lines and many neighborhoods in the area don't have > power back yet. Virginia did a study that showed cameras cause more > accidents than they solve. The companies selling them have > been caught > bribing city officials in San Diego and elsewhere to mess > with yellow light timing to make the cameras look like a real > source of revenue instead of the waste they are. > > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net >
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