Re: transparancy / traffic cameras

From: Spike Jones (spike66@ibm.net)
Date: Sat May 20 2000 - 16:51:58 MDT


> MBAUMEISTR@aol.com wrote: Sounds like this one's a real nasty...
>
> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/metro/A30253-2000May18.html

Wait a minute MB, this is *exactly* what we were talking about: an
example
of a camera being set up and eventually resulting in a relaxation of a
law
that suddenly became much easier to prosecute.

The article talks about a red light that was routinely being run, a
Lockheed
camera went into operation, $10k a day being generated by the city, the
city acknowledging that the intersection is designed illogically, the
city
government deciding to stop fining the light runners. This is EXACTLY
what I would have expected, or rather what I hoped would happen.

Transparency may end up being the libertarian's best friend. spike



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