Thoughts on automatic speed cameras?
Thoughts on automatic speed cameras?
Over the last several years San Jose has watched its traffic fatalities in the city increase exponentially. Now city officials are banking on a state bill to move those numbers downward. In an effort to lower fatalities, city leaders are supporting Assembly Bill 645, which would establish a pilot pr...
I’m for it, in the high danger intersections.
I wouldn’t mind having automatic sound checks either…
I'm down for it. In my area there is almost never a time where someone isn't running a red light by about 3-4 seconds after it changed green for us. There's already about a 2 second delay from it changes red on their side to green on ours so it's been red at least 5 seconds. That's not "beating the light" that's full on voluntary manslaughter if they kill someone as far as I'm concerned.
Just as a small counterpoint.
I lived in Albuquerque when they put in their cameras and then were forced to remove them later. The main problem was that they lowered the yellow light duration at the intersections with cameras. Which ended up making the already dangerous intersections have even more accidents.
Then they added speed cameras that were reporting false positives. It turns out that that 80% of the fins went to the company managing the cameras and had a big incentive to create tickets.
When there was just a sign that shows your speed and the posted speeds, most drivers slow down. It all depends on how they work. A lot of the times cameras don't really lower speeding, it just is another way for someone to leech off of public funds.
It's a very complicated issue.
Less cops on the street = safer