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Dallas considers shutting off red light cams, since they're working too well and harming revenue


There's just one, fairly ironic, flaw to the otherwise totally lovable red light cameras that adorn Dallas: they work too well. Turns out the cams have curtailed red light infractions by 50 percent, which in turn has put a budget crunch on City Hall. The city is now considering stopping its planned rollout of more cameras, or shutting down the cameras on a rotating basis -- upkeep when off is next to nothing, but the city pays $3,799 per month per online camera to its service provider. That sounds like quite a spendy broadband bill, but we're not the experts here. Just remember kids, your government wants what's best for you, and what's best for you is a well-funded government, alright?

How Ironic!!

Red light & speed radar cameras are nothing but new ways for government to make more money in the first place!!
If I get a ticket in the mail from a camera, a month after running a red light, it did nothing to stop the four car, 6 death collision I caused 10 minutes later that same day! In fact, it didn't even slow me down! I had no idea I had even gotton a ticket until it shows up a month later. If I had been stopped by an officer, I would have obviosly been slowed down.
I in no way want to be pulled over by the cops but if I'm gonna get a ticket, I want to know why and when I did what I did!! I feel this is more of an obvious inforcment which changes ones actions imediately not figuratively.

Now this was a hypothetical situation, I've never really received a photoradar ticket but I don't see how they really help. I'm surprised to read that report.

WS

Duly noted.

Wait ...

WTF? happened to the tax I pay on absolutly everything.
(on my wage it probably bought the CD player in a local councilman's government vehicle but it's the principal of the matter alright ...)