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53,218 citations issued from one Tempe camera in 2008 Now that the system is broader and issuing more violations, it'll soon be easier to tell if the cameras are making a dent in the accident numbers. There are good signs, Johnson said: In 2008, the number of accidents fell 17 percent. Think how much Tempe police manpower it would have taken, and the amount of overtime paid, to issue this many tickets by human. That camera did the work of 10 cops issuing 15 tickets each in an 8-hour shift. Tempe is already facing a $10 million + budget deficit. The revenue from the cameras is going to be very helpful.
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Replying to: larsb (Jan 15, 2009 1:08 pm) "We need more money, install red-light traffic cameras on every intersection!" "Yes sir! Will do." phase two: "We need more money, install speed traffic cameras every 1/4 mile!" "Yes sir! We'll get right on that!" phase three: "Traffic has slowed down, ticket revenue is down. Reduce the grace-margin from 9 mph to 1 mph!" "Right away, Sir!" phase four: "Still not enough revenue!!! Make the grace-margin a negative 2 mph and cut the yellow on traffic lights to a tenth of a second!!!" "Okay, if you're certain. We can do that!" phase five: "Excuse me, Sir? Sir! There's a mob outside the courthouse with torches and pitchforks." |
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Replying to: oregonboy (Jan 15, 2009 1:34 pm) 
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Replying to: oregonboy (Jan 15, 2009 1:34 pm)
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Replying to: oregonboy (Jan 15, 2009 1:34 pm) The situation in England isn't so rosy...but the blindly deferrent and the wannabe authoritarians will emrace no less. The land of Orwellian surveillance finds problems But maybe these results will be different in NA |
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Replying to: euphonium (Jan 14, 2009 8:43 pm) It doesn't matter how fast you're going in the left lane--if somebody pulls up behind you, you should move to the right when safe.
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Replying to: vinnyny (Jan 15, 2009 2:56 pm) Amen, Keep to the right except when passing is a basic rule of the road that provides for the best safety and traffic movement. If you are in the middle or left lanes of multilane roads you should be passing traffic on your right and you should move over for faster traffic. It is not for you to enforce speed laws by blocking lanes, it violates basic traffic flow principles,and you have no way of knowing if the person behind has a legitimate reason for going fast. |
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Replying to: larsb (Jan 15, 2009 1:53 pm)
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Replying to: oregonboy (Jan 15, 2009 5:35 pm) Anyone who a) knows there are cameras around, and b) keeps speeding on, brother !! is a willing and giving participant to the local budget crisis. If you don't want to be "speed taxed" then just stop excessively speeding. It doesn't get any easier or more straight forward than that. |
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