Agreed. If you don't like it dont break the law. In dc the speed cameras slow down traffic significantly. Driving or riding in a car is one of the most dangerous activities one can engage in. We need to increase safety.
On Aug 10, 2010 12:20 PM, "John Bowers" <jbowe...@cfl.rr.com> wrote: > Red-light running in Orlando has gotten so bad, it would probably shock you. > The incident that sparked the red-light camera thing a few years ago was the > deaths of two very small girls, sisters, in their strollers, right near my > house, on Goldenrod Road. Their mother saw the 'WALK' sign come on, and she > pushed her two daughters into the intersection. A young lady on her cell > phone ran the light and killed the two little girls. That did it. The > Sentinel went on a crusade. > > > > Like the Sentinel has said over and over: if you don't like the idea of a > fine, don't run red lights. > > > > John > > > > From: gatortalk@googlegroups.com [mailto:gatort...@googlegroups.com] On > Behalf Of Oliver Barry > Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 2010 3:15 PM > To: gatortalk@googlegroups.com > Subject: RE: [gatortalk] Mayanne Downs weighs in > > > > Here's something to make you angrier. Research shows the intersections with > cameras do not have any appreciable decrease in accidents over time. > > While there may be an initial decrease, it goes back to zero over time. > > Bad, bad cities!! > > > > Oliver Barry CRS,GRI > > Real Estate Broker > > Bob Parks Realty > > 1517 Hunt Club Blvd > > Gallatin TN 37066 > > Phone: 615-826-4040 > > Fax: 615-822-2027 > > Mobile: 615-972-4239 > > > > > > _____ > > From: gatortalk@googlegroups.com [mailto:gatort...@googlegroups.com] On > Behalf Of Jay Cicone > Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 2010 1:41 PM > To: gatortalk@googlegroups.com > Subject: RE: [gatortalk] Mayanne Downs weighs in > > > > They have just instituted this in Tallahassee and if I could get every > single person to contest their tickets, the courts would be overwhelmed with > traffic cases---hundreds per week in my estimation. Do you think that would > put and end to this craziness. Safety my a$$. The company installs the > equipment and maintains it for FREE. All they get in return is a commission > on the tickets and Florida's rates are the highest in the nation. If you pay > the high fine here of $158, you don't get points on your license. There's a > smaller fine for the same infraction, but you get whacked for 3 > points...Awe, does anyone see discrimination here. Oddly enough, here the > first 2 were set up in primarily "white collar"/upper class corridors..where > people can afford the fines????or are these the most dangerous intersections > in town????? You know the answer. Color it any way you want. This is > strictly a how can we generate more tax revenues project---period, end of > sentence. I know there can be quite a legal argument and there have already > been many. It just walks and sounds too much like a duck to be anything > else. > > > > Go Gators! > > > > Yeah.I'm really PO'd! > > > > > > From: gatortalk@googlegroups.com [mailto:gatort...@googlegroups.com] On > Behalf Of Jerry Belloit > Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 2010 2:25 PM > To: gatortalk@googlegroups.com > Subject: RE: [gatortalk] Mayanne Downs weighs in > > > > I believe the full link is: > > > > http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-red-light-camera-l > awsuit-20100809,0,6465087.story > > > > Jerry > > > > P.S. I am not sure I agree with one of our own Gator "bad girls." > > > > From: gatortalk@googlegroups.com [mailto:gatort...@googlegroups.com] On > Behalf Of Jay Cicone > Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 2010 10:22 AM > To: gatortalk@googlegroups.com > Subject: [gatortalk] Mayanne Downs weighs in > > > > <http://www.orlandosentinel.com> www.orlandosentinel.com Red-light camera > usage challenged. > > Jay P. 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