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Author: Bryan O'Neal
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Subject: RE: OT: Speed Cams
After reading the report it did not seems as if they conducted the survey in
a professional scientific manor.

-----Original Message-----
From:
[mailto:plug-discuss-bounces@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us] On Behalf Of Vaughn
Treude
Sent: Friday, April 03, 2009 8:48 AM
To: Main PLUG discussion list
Subject: Re: OT: Speed Cams

Bryan O'Neal wrote:
> Cool, where can I get a copy of this report?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From:
> [mailto:plug-discuss-bounces@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us] On Behalf Of
> Josef Lowder
> Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2009 9:25 AM
> To: Main PLUG discussion list
> Subject: Re: OT: Speed Cams
>
> On 4/1/09, Bryan O'Neal <> 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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