Red Light camera's

[jaybird_1981]

Because of peoples ignorance not because of the actual lights themselves. If people drove properly and within the law the accidents would not happen

It doesn't really matter if I got rear ended because the person behind me was trying to beat the yellow light.

The cameras have nothing to do with public safety they are a money grab for the city and state government period.

[spuds1961]

It doesn't really matter if I got rear ended because the person behind me was trying to beat the yellow light.

The cameras have nothing to do with public safety they are a money grab for the city and state government period.

Well put,I agree wholeheartedly.

[theonedru]

It doesn't really matter if I got rear ended because the person behind me was trying to beat the yellow light.

The cameras have nothing to do with public safety they are a money grab for the city and state government period.

Can you prove that as fact or it is relished to being just a personal opinion.

[bud7562]

The only problem I have with the Cameras is the fact that I drive an ambulance for a living,and do you know how many tickets were sent to our station while rolling thru the red lights with due precaution,hundreds in a month.I also find that alot of people that are running these lights that have the cameras are also intoxicated drivers,in their minds so what they got a ticket in the mail for however much the fine in your state is,at least they didn't get pulled over by a policeman and spend the night in jail and pay a heckuva lot more in court costs.

the cops do not have nothing better to do, than giving tickets to divers who driv ambulance then pull over people who been intoxicated. that dont care about people like that?????

[theonedru]

the cops do not have nothing better to do, than giving tickets to divers who driv ambulance then pull over people who been intoxicated. that dont care about people like that?????

Now that's just being silly

[spuds1961]

the cops do not have nothing better to do, than giving tickets to divers who driv ambulance then pull over people who been intoxicated. that dont care about people like that?????

I think you're misunderstanding what I'm saying,there are no cops involved,the cameras take pictures of the ambulance and then we get mailed over 100 tickets a month that will never have to be paid.What I'm saying is if the light was properly patrolled by a police car and they pulled over the offending driver they would find that a good percentage were drunk.Adding this as I didn't mention it in my original post,after 3 months the light with the camera closest to our station was removed,I'm thinking the reason was because of the ambulances being ticketed but I have no proof of that.

[jaybird_1981]

Can you prove that as fact or it is relished to being just a personal opinion.

You mean like the state admitting this is just another way to get money? Yeah that is likely to happen.

It doesn't take much to realize why the right light cameras exist.

And by the way I have never had a ticket nor been in an accident so your claim that people who oppose them are not "moral" drivers (whatever that means) is way off base.

I oppose them because they increase the amount of accidents at the intersections they are installed and that it is done simply for money.

[TheTGB]

They are mostly in the poor neighborhoods from what I've seen.

Do you only drive through poor neighborhoods? We have them in mostly affluent neighborhoods here in Oregon.

[TheTGB]

I oppose them because they increase the amount of accidents at the intersections they are installed and that it is done simply for money.

You know they are all rear-end accidents pretty much, right? That means the person behind them was an idiot and driving too close to them without leaving enough room for stopping distance + reaction time. There is a reason when you read the driver's manual when you're 16 it says to leave enough room.

[jaybird_1981]

You know they are all rear-end accidents pretty much, right? That means the person behind them was an idiot and driving too close to them without leaving enough room for stopping distance + reaction time. There is a reason when you read the driver's manual when you're 16 it says to leave enough room.

Yes and I don't care if I am the one getting rear ended when they are just there to give the city more money that they will just wastefully throw away anyways.

The reason they are installed is supposed to be for "public safety" my argument is this is a total lie. If they would just admit this is another form of tax I wouldn't disagree with them as vehemently. I know my local city has them and they count on that money every year it is already predetermined practically in the budget.

There have also been numerous occurances of cities tampering with the yellow light intervals when the cameras were installed in order to ticket more drivers.

Here are a couple videos: