Jim G. wrote:
There is a reasonable expectation that people will stop at red lights, and not doing so threatens the lives and safety of people far more than people carrying guns do. Our penalties for running stop lights need to strong. And we need to create a culture of fear around violating such laws. The fear of a camera would certainly do that. Or at least make people slow down to see if their is a camera.
The story of rear end accidents being caused by the possibility of a camera is a joke. A driver should not hit another car even if the other driver steps on the brakes in the middle of the block. Let alone at a stop light where there is a reasonable assumption that a car might stop. Such logic suggests that we should reduce the law about running pedestrians down because drivers who suddenly brake for them might cause more rear end accidents.
Thanks for your insightful piece Jim. I think your posting should put to bed the discussion regarding red light runners. A very common sense approach.
Don Davis Whittier
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