Red Light Cameras = Tax + Loss Of Freedom

[Unregistered10401040]

Newsday buried a report that Nassau will be "ripping out" a newly installed red light camera because it is located in a village. The TAX received from the camera would have to go to that Village.

Newsday did not mention how much it is costing me (THE TAXPAYER) to remove it and re-install it somewhere else.

My question is...if this is being done for "safety" why does it matter who receives the TAX from it?

And as for red light cameras in general...how long before every light has one. And (as one DEMOCRAT Congressman out west is promoting) how long before will every car be equipped with GPS so the GOVERNMENT can TAX AND TRACK us?

[Unregistered87053]

This is not a DEMOCRAT OR REPUPLICAN issue. This is a issue of BIG GOVERNMENT taking a baby step to controlling all of us.

Send a message to any politician voting to increase GOVERNMENT CONTROL by voting against him or her in November.

[Unregistered465768]

Do Red-Light Cams Cause More Wrecks?
T-Bone Wrecks Down, Rear-End Collisions Up At Some Murfreesboro Intersections



By Reported By Cara Kumari
WSMV-TV
updated 1:18 p.m. ET, Wed., July 22, 2009
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. - Red-light cameras have been used in Murfreesboro for a year and some are wondering if they are making the roads safer or creating more problems.

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Police said the number of t-bone collisions have decreased over last year , but it is possible that drivers who are hitting the brakes to avoid running a red light are causing more rear-end wrecks.

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Six busy intersections in Murfreesboro currently have red-light cameras. In the past year, cameras have caught about 20,000 drivers running a red light.

At the six intersections where there are red-light cameras, rear-end wrecks have increased nearly 25 percent, from 102 to 126 wrecks.

"We knew from the beginning of this program that trends have shown that collisions will increase slightly, and we saw that here in Murfreesboro. But not one single person in any of the 126 accidents that occurred complained or cited the red-light cameras as being a factor," said Murfreesboro police spokesman Kyle Evans.

Although the city has issued about $1.3 million in fines, they are missing about $500,000 of that money from people who have not paid their tickets.

Police insist they will collect the money and warn that the fines will add up.

"If you don’t pay the citation in the initial 60-day period, you could face additional fines and court costs, which could amount to $163," said Evans.

Police consider the red-light cameras a successful and said they are not ruling out adding more cameras to other areas that have had frequent crashes.