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2010-07-15 -Lurid Crime Tales-

Another reason to love the state: Arizona turning off speed cameras!

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Posted by Fred 2010-07-15 00:00|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top

#1 What about the likely increase in rear-end collisions due to people slamming on the brakes when they're in doubt as to whether they'll get through a yellow light?

Posted by lex 2010-07-15 00:42|| 2010-07-15 00:42|| Front Page Top

#2 OK, on some of the highways, US60 and others. There are cameras at about every other off ramp, every mile. The issue Jan Brewer had was this was viewed as a revenue generating event. She was critical in removal of the cameras. With all that said, we have to remember that Arizona, Phoenix at least, has cross state traffic and snow birds. Before the cameras the traffic cruised through Phoenix at 70 or 80, now it slows to 70. No big deal until you realize the 75 year old snowbirds are on that road. It is flat frightening, I'm talking about old men turning around on the interstate and going against traffic because he missed the off ramp. The cameras may not have generated the revenue but it did slow down traffic, and that was critical.

Posted by 49 Pan 2010-07-15 00:56|| 2010-07-15 00:56|| Front Page Top

#3 What's the carbon footprint of a speed camera?

Posted by bigjim-CA 2010-07-15 04:39|| 2010-07-15 04:39|| Front Page Top

#4 What happened to enforcing the law for the purposes of the law?

As an aside, one of our recent highway bids included something called (more or less) a radar drone. I read the spec and it was a transmitter to make radar detectors think they were having their picture taken. Pretty clever, I thought, in an area where drivers regularly drive behind the barrels and thru the work zone, because they're so important. (DC suburbs)

Posted by Bobby 2010-07-15 06:10|| 2010-07-15 06:10|| Front Page Top

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