For all the traffic camera lovers...

 

From your friendly politician there is a New Year gift for all people (so far in Indiana, but you can be blessed soon as well) wink

...Under Friend's proposal, the state transportation department would lower the speed limit on freeways to 45 MPH, then allow private contractors to issue automated citations worth $300 to $1000 each to drivers who may have missed the speed reduction sign. The tickets could be issued even when no work is being done in the so-called work zone...

But this politician has his reasons:
...the insurance industry stands to make millions if the legislature approves a photo ticketing program that imposes points on the licenses of ticket recipients. Not surprisingly, insurance companies and political action committees numbered among the top contributors to Friend's political campaign account...

And how you can have no faith in "public servants"?

source: http://www.thenewspaper.com/news/30/3024.asp

Camera Lovers

Lets face it, it is a money making machine! In my state of Washington, the legislature allow a $20 ticket, that the law disregards. They have been charging $124, instead. Now there is a big lawsuit. Figure!!

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D.H.

Camera Lovers

Lets face it, it is a money making machine! In my state of Washington, the legislature allow a $20 ticket, that the law disregards. They have been charging $124, instead. Now there is a big lawsuit. Figure!!

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D.H.

http://www.poi-factory.com/no

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OK.....so where the heck am I?

but there is a new twist...

What is new and "creative" is this (if somebody missed it in my post):
...state transportation department would lower the speed limit on freeways to 45 MPH, then allow private contractors to issue automated citations worth $300 to $1000 each to drivers who may have missed the speed reduction sign...

I don't know, but for me it looks as classical entrapment, when government is creating situation that makes "criminals".
And something really nice from NY state. As always government is very happy to share it's "subjects" money:

...Patterson's budget proposal, released yesterday, includes a plan to deploy fifty photo radar vans to generate $96 million in net profit for the general fund by 2012. "The mistakes of the past -- squandering surpluses, papering over deficits, relying on irresponsible fiscal gimmicks to finance unsustainable spending increases -- have led us to a financial breaking point," Patterson wrote. "There are no more easy answers.... The only way we can emerge from this crisis is through shared sacrifice. "Patterson's budget describes the use of speed cameras on freeways as a "revenue action" that does not constitute a tax increase or a fee increase.

And I almost forgot. It's for safety after all:
..."[The budget will] increase the Law Enforcement Motor Vehicle Accident Report threshold from $1000 to $3000 and eliminate the requirement that motorists also file accident reports," Patterson's proposal states. With fewer reports, the new statistics will show fewer accidents in the "after" period, even if the actual number of collisions remains unchanged.
source: http://www.thenewspaper.com/news/30/3025.asp

Not a tax increase... My, my, how good this idiot is for those wasteful residents of New York State. [sarcasm] And as always it's "The People" that are there to pay for this ...mistakes of the past -- squandering surpluses, papering over deficits, relying on irresponsible fiscal gimmicks to finance unsustainable spending increases... . It's never a politician of course.