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He's probably right about being a scheme... goes about it entirely the wrong way to stop the scheme.
by xutopia 8y ago
He's probably right about being a scheme... goes about it entirely the wrong way to stop the scheme.
- gameswithgo 8y agoWhat approach can a normal, non wealthy, non connected citizen take?
- monochromatic 8y agoGet the local news to make a stink.
- syshum 8y agoSeems like he tried that, and other venues and was ignored.
- ngngngng 8y agoIn America? hahahahahahahahaha
- alphabettsy 8y agoIdk. Also, a bit crazy, but maybe called to say he was going to do it with news coverage, but not actually do it?
- CarVac 8y agoAny way to get a law in the books that specifies a minimum yellow light duration for a given speed limit? www.shortyellowlights.com/standards/ has a formula.
- pkaye 8y agoI know there is a state wide rules in California. And because of complaints about red light cameras, they even increased some of the limits by 0.5s. I'm not sure of the exact numbers right now. I know my own city was caught doing some of these games but after the changes were made, they saw a 77% drop in red light tickets at some locations.
- cwkoss 8y agoSeems like he would have gotten away with snipping the wires if he didn't ask the news to report on it...
- Miner49er 8y agowhat way would you suggest? keep in mind that the longer it takes the more people will die/be injured.
- kamarg 8y agoI may not understand how these cameras work but how does cutting the power to these prevent those people from being injured/dying? Sure people aren't going to get tickets from them but the yellow light is still going to be shortened. So even if they take the cameras out, unless they put the yellow light back to 5 seconds, the injury/fatality rate is still going to be elevated.
- kempbellt 8y agoSometimes, civil disobedience can be the right way to solve a systemic problem
- Kaveren 8y agoCivil disobedience is sometimes necessary. Good on him. I hope he brings more attention to this story so that action may be taken to change the system.
- PhasmaFelis 8y agoGoing through proper channels failed completely, so all he can do at this point is try to bring attention to it. He's certainly succeeded at that, since this article is the first I've heard of it.
- TheSpiceIsLife 8y agoThe ability / desire / necessity to break laws where those laws are dysfunctional is, at the very least, important, if not essential to a healthy society. We call this civil disobedience. The article draws attention to this. From the article: The shortened duration times at the traffic lights generate $32 million for Suffolk County, which is why the county allows the practice to continue despite their own study showing they lead to an increase in accidents with injuries. The wrong people have been arrested here. If you can't offer a comprehensive alternative to his actions then your comment lacks substance.
- dymk 8y agoYou sue. You don't go destroying property.
- vsviridov 8y agoA private middle class citizen suing a $7B company... Yeah, right...
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- dymk 8y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Class_action https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Class_action
- syshum 8y agolol, Yea... You do know the government has sovereign immunity right, and a cause of action around Traffic Management would be tossed almost instantly
- jessaustin 8y ago"You" don't have standing to sue unless you have been harmed. He got a traffic citation, which is an extremely small harm. No lawyer would pick that up on contingency. Small claims court would throw it right out as frivolous without even considering the larger issues. Now what?
- empath75 8y agoThis is classic civil disobedience. He actually did it in public and asked to be arrested. That's the way it's supposed to be done.