Petition to forbid use of red light cameras in Delaware

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More chicanery, this time in Italy

More crooks.

. Mayor Adriano Alessandrini is now accused of shortening the duration of yellow lights to boost the profits of the red light camera program. The move paid off, with 2,425,801.60 euros (US $3,206,078.01) in revenue generated from motorists who did not have adequate time to stop, according to prosecution documents. The yellow in this case was set at 4.0 seconds with a "grace period" set to the bare minimum of 0.1 seconds -- settings that are extremely common in the US.

T-Red cameras are often used in a non-transparent way, inconsistent with their purpose," ADOC President Carlo Pileri said in a statement. "In many cases, photo ticketing has been adopted as a way of imposing new, and sometimes absurd, local taxes, solely to swell the municipal coffers."



 

Red light cameras don't reduce crashes

or limit the severity of crashes which do occur.

Traffic cameras are not about the money, are they?

of course not.

Currently, fines vary from place to place but typically are $50 on first offense. That proposed legislation would also put a two-year moratorium on new cameras.

Now, along comes Johnson City with plans to have its first camera operational by the end of the month. That town's fine: $100.

I paid $112, if memory serves.

The whole idea is disgusting. Highway robbery, indeed.

Tennessee has it--why not us?

Let's get rid of those obnoxious traffic cameras!