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Mississippi Passes Law To Ban Traffic Light Cameras
DaGoatSpanka writes with news that Mississippi Governer Haley Barbour signed a bill into law on Friday which instituted a ban on automated cameras that would snap pictures of motorists when they ran red lights. "The new law says the two cities that already have the cameras, Jackson and Columbus, must take them down by Oct. 1. Other cities and counties are banned from starting to use them." We've discussed situations in the past where cities looked at such cameras as "profit centers," and even tampered with their traffic light timing to catch more motorists. Now, in Mississippi, the contractors who installed the cameras are unhappy, since they received a cut of the ticket revenue generated by the cameras. However, lawmakers overwhelming voted to get rid of them (117-3 in the House, 42-9 in the Senate), because "the cameras were an invasion of privacy and their constituents thought they had been unfairly ticketed."
All that shows is you need more driver education around your town.
I am sick and tired of people whining about this. When you are on a public roadway and you break the law by running a light then just own up to it, and pay your fine! As we jam more and more people into our society your individual rights shrink. Your rights to privacy do not extend beyond your person! Too many people run red lights these days and cause millions of dollars in damages and lost lives! We don't have enough funds to police the intersections so using cameras is perfectly acceptable. Get over it!
I do not agree with your statement. I believe it is false. I believe that red light cameras do not compromise public safety and that shortening yellow lights compromise public safety. And, the evidence I have seen points to THAT direction.
I did address that argument, but you are too stupid to understand plain written English.
There is no "-1 offended" or "-1 you don't agree with me" mod options for a reason.