OT: Speed Cams

[Bryan O'Neal]

After reading the report it did not seems as if they conducted the survey in
a professional scientific manor. 

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[mailto:plug-discuss-bounces at lists.plug.phoenix.az.us] On Behalf Of Vaughn
Treude
Sent: Friday, April 03, 2009 8:48 AM
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Subject: Re: OT: Speed Cams

Bryan O'Neal wrote:
> Cool, where can I get a copy of this report? 
>
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> [mailto:plug-discuss-bounces at lists.plug.phoenix.az.us] On Behalf Of 
> Josef Lowder
> Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2009 9:25 AM
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> Subject: Re: OT: Speed Cams
>
> On 4/1/09, Bryan O'Neal <boneal at cornerstonehome.com> wrote:
>   
>> I have no issue with red-light cameras, if they provide a yellow 
>> light of adequate length to safely stop after noticing the light 
>> change, say
>> 5 or 6 seconds.  As for the speed cameras, well, I am agenst speed 
>> limits and believe it should be safe and prudent as seen by an 
>> officer and confirmed by a judge. As for the cameras in particular, 
>> no one has been able to make public a report showing they do anything 
>> other then annoy drivers. Accidents have not gone down ...
>>     
>
> Photo radar saves lives.  Period.
>
> According to the Arizona State Department of Public Safety, because of 
> photo radar, crashes are down by 12%, injuries have been cut by 17%, 
> and fatality collisions are down by 29% on Phoenix-area highways.
>
> No clear-thinking person would want to eliminate photo radar simply 
> because of their personal desire to want to disregard and disobey 
> highway speed laws.
>   
Statistics are easy to fudge. Can we really trust the government to do an
unbiased study on their own cash cow?

Vaughn

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