Comments on: Red-Light Camera Contracts Incentivize Ticketing Innocent Drivers http://blog.motorists.org/red-light-camera-contracts-incentivize-ticketing-innocent-drivers/ News For Drivers Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:16:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Phil Mckrackin http://blog.motorists.org/red-light-camera-contracts-incentivize-ticketing-innocent-drivers/comment-page-1/#comment-14141 Phil Mckrackin Tue, 09 Jun 2009 20:46:35 +0000 http://www.motorists.org/blog/red-light-cameras/red-light-camera-contracts-incentivize-ticketing-innocent-drivers/#comment-14141 More rocket scientists discussing how they get wronged everytime they get a ticket. You get tickets because you ignore, fail to obey and simply disregard the laws as if they don't apply to you. It is an interesting spin that whomever the author of this article is(I see he doesn't want to be known for writing it). It isn't a quota that the municipality expects 25 citations per 100 violations recorded. Remember if the machine records 100 violations 100 citations could be written if the machine is working correctly. That the municipality expects 25 citations per 100 violations is nothing more than a performance measure of the machine that they laid $$ out to purchase or lease. If it isn't going to do the job that they were promised it would do then they would terminate the lease I am sure. The intended incentive is to have the contractor install the mechanism so that it will properly record a high percentage of the violations that happen at the intersection. What I don't understand is why you get up in arms over mechanical enforcement but litterally could careless that so many drivers don't know or don't care what the yellow light stands for and end up violating the intersection by continuing through when they should have stopped. If as driver's we did what was expected of us and did not enter the intersection under a yellow and cleared the intersection when the yellow lit there would be no need for this type of mechanical enforcement. If you are mad because the mechanical enforcement is there be mad at yourself for driving selfishly enough to try to "beat the yellow" because the 1 minute of time that you will sit at the traffic light is much too important to you that you don''t care who you inconvenience. More rocket scientists discussing how they get wronged everytime they get a ticket. You get tickets because you ignore, fail to obey and simply disregard the laws as if they don’t apply to you. It is an interesting spin that whomever the author of this article is(I see he doesn’t want to be known for writing it). It isn’t a quota that the municipality expects 25 citations per 100 violations recorded. Remember if the machine records 100 violations 100 citations could be written if the machine is working correctly. That the municipality expects 25 citations per 100 violations is nothing more than a performance measure of the machine that they laid $$ out to purchase or lease. If it isn’t going to do the job that they were promised it would do then they would terminate the lease I am sure. The intended incentive is to have the contractor install the mechanism so that it will properly record a high percentage of the violations that happen at the intersection. What I don’t understand is why you get up in arms over mechanical enforcement but litterally could careless that so many drivers don’t know or don’t care what the yellow light stands for and end up violating the intersection by continuing through when they should have stopped. If as driver’s we did what was expected of us and did not enter the intersection under a yellow and cleared the intersection when the yellow lit there would be no need for this type of mechanical enforcement. If you are mad because the mechanical enforcement is there be mad at yourself for driving selfishly enough to try to “beat the yellow” because the 1 minute of time that you will sit at the traffic light is much too important to you that you don”t care who you inconvenience.

]]> By: adam http://blog.motorists.org/red-light-camera-contracts-incentivize-ticketing-innocent-drivers/comment-page-1/#comment-9198 adam Fri, 12 Sep 2008 03:41:19 +0000 http://www.motorists.org/blog/red-light-cameras/red-light-camera-contracts-incentivize-ticketing-innocent-drivers/#comment-9198 Randall, exactly! that's what people(including cops)need to remember is that WE pay their salary! with comments like that.. they deserve zero respect. Randall,

exactly! that’s what people(including cops)need to remember is that WE pay their salary! with comments like that.. they deserve zero respect.

]]> By: Baja Joes http://blog.motorists.org/red-light-camera-contracts-incentivize-ticketing-innocent-drivers/comment-page-1/#comment-9182 Baja Joes Thu, 11 Sep 2008 17:09:23 +0000 http://www.motorists.org/blog/red-light-cameras/red-light-camera-contracts-incentivize-ticketing-innocent-drivers/#comment-9182 I absolutely concur Randall! Well said. I absolutely concur Randall!
Well said.

]]> By: Randall http://blog.motorists.org/red-light-camera-contracts-incentivize-ticketing-innocent-drivers/comment-page-1/#comment-9159 Randall Wed, 10 Sep 2008 18:48:31 +0000 http://www.motorists.org/blog/red-light-cameras/red-light-camera-contracts-incentivize-ticketing-innocent-drivers/#comment-9159 comments like that from the police just piss the citizens off more and make us want to disrespect them even more. If it's a public document we have a right. For that cop to make such a statement to prevent handing out public information is a disgrace to the police and an insult to those of us that pay their salary. comments like that from the police just piss the citizens off more and make us want to disrespect them even more. If it’s a public document we have a right. For that cop to make such a statement to prevent handing out public information is a disgrace to the police and an insult to those of us that pay their salary.

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