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The thing that I have always disliked about red light cameras is that it removes what I feel is the deterrent effect that a police officer has when others see a
by lr 16y ago
The thing that I have always disliked about red light cameras is that it removes what I feel is the deterrent effect that a police officer has when others see a car pulled over. People slow down when they see a police car with its lights on (well, maybe not in LA, but in a lot of places, people do), and if they see it often enough in the same locations, their likelihood to speed or go through a red light is going to go down. With a red light camera, you have none of that.
- matwood 16y agoIn Boulder, CO they have a few red light cameras and huge signs before each intersection warning drivers that they are there. It still didn't stop the idiot next to me from running the light. I saw the flash from the cameras as he went through. I guess the point is that you'll always have idiots even with some sort of active deterrent.