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The really insidious thing about these cameras in many if not most cities is that they are owned and operated by a private corporation and then the government s

by pmorici 14y ago

The really insidious thing about these cameras in many if not most cities is that they are owned and operated by a private corporation and then the government splits the profits. In some cases the private company is paid per ticket issued which doesn't take much thought to realize how to maximize profit. http://washingtonexaminer.com/court-md.-drivers-cant-get-speed-camera-fines-back/article/2505967#.UFOLvUJvQqY http://washingtonexaminer.com/court-md.-drivers-cant-get-spe... I've gotten tickets from these things before simply because my car was the only license plate visible in the frame even though the little yellow triangle designating the vehicle speeding marked a car on the opposite side of the road traveling in the other direction. The highway guard rail was obscuring the speeders plate though so they just sent it to me instead. Speed cameras are akin to a lottery tax system where by motorists are randomly chosen to pay an extra tax and it's justified by the fact that some of them may have been speeding.

Karunamon 14y ago
>The highway guard rail was obscuring the speeders plate though so they just sent it to me instead. Speed cameras are akin to a lottery tax system where by motorists are randomly chosen to pay an extra tax and it's justified by the fact that some of them may have been speeding. Sounds more like an implementation problem than a problem with enforcement cameras as a concept. A software patch would correct this.
- danielweber 14y ago
  You are assuming the system isn't functioning as performed. They send out a ticket, act like a bureaucracy when questioned about it, and eventually get paid. ("They" being both the government entity and the private camera operator.) Why would they bother changing it? Traffic courts are a laugh, since it's recognized that driving is a privilege and not a right.

by pmorici 14y ago

Karunamon 14y ago

>The highway guard rail was obscuring the speeders plate though so they just sent it to me instead. Speed cameras are akin to a lottery tax system where by motorists are randomly chosen to pay an extra tax and it's justified by the fact that some of them may have been speeding. Sounds more like an implementation problem than a problem with enforcement cameras as a concept. A software patch would correct this.

danielweber 14y ago
You are assuming the system isn't functioning as performed. They send out a ticket, act like a bureaucracy when questioned about it, and eventually get paid. ("They" being both the government entity and the private camera operator.) Why would they bother changing it? Traffic courts are a laugh, since it's recognized that driving is a privilege and not a right.