Another arrogant traffic engineer type... Should have guessed.
No poo. Doesn't change anything I wrote.
Show me some real data or studies. Some kind of cite to back you up.
Again, doesn't change a thing I wrote. Doesn't address any of my points in any way.
Well at least you admit it's about money, not safety.
Then the lights are not timed correctly. Fix the timing. Sync the lights. Nahh... easier to make money off the broken system.
Simple logic, potentional fine. As in increased chance of one. Again, you are just adding text and not countering any point I made. Proper engineering still reduces red light running more than cameras.
"Although the report clearly credits the most significant reduction in violations to an increase in yellow time - a fact buried on page 78 - the majority of the report credits these benefits to the red light cameras. This is misleading considering that the intersections with the greatest improvement in violation reductions had their yellow time increased. "
Because SD GOT CAUGHT using the cameras improperly. Now they are stuck.
SanDiego is the prime example of why RLCs are inferior as a safety device and the abuses that can come about when they are installed.
They are an inferior for safety. They allow government to prey on the people. They increase collisions. (a number of studies show this, see:
Do you really think every corrupt government has been caught and everyone refunded? Aren't you naive. Let me guess, you'd support viewscreens in every home with your trust of the system and government.
Why is it a screw up? Let's say the cost of the ticket is $100 and fighting it costs $250 (time off work to go to court, travel, etc). And throw in the fact that it's in the meat grinder of traffic court or some department of revenue where the chance of victory is slim. Most people just pay. The government knows this. That's why the fines aren't $5,000.
Because if the fines were $5,000 people would choose to fight it and government revenue would drop.
And if the camera isn't set up properly, if the intersection isn't right, etc and so forth, you just get babbed and money stolen from you.
