Ald. Reilly calls on city to fix red light camera problem

There will never be any refunds, because the city is too dependent on the money from the cameras.

I love Chicago as a visitor, be it business or pleasure. I would never want to live there, a 9.25% sales tax alone tells a lot.

Calif. is steep at the state level, and neither LA or SF can top Chicago. Great backdrop for Batman, the entire city has a very real image resembling Gotham

This is a good example of why I avoid going to places that have red light cameras whenever possible. It' also a good reason why communities should ban them.

On Sunday, there was a very in depth article about spikes in tickets at certain red light camera intersections.

Warning, this is a very long read

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/ct-red-light-camera...

On Monday, they continued with a story about people losing out on the chance to appeal their ill-begotten tickets.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/ct-red-light-camera...

And the link in the original post is from today. I haven't read the entire article from Monday, but I did read the other two. The articles touch on all of the finer points of red light camera intersections. It will be interesting to see what comes of yet another fantastic Chicago Tribune report.

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Actually, this is the article from today

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/politics/clout/chi-alderm...

Bet you'd find RLC Cities rank high in crime and corruption tallies also, wonder why?

In Pennsylvania there is a 6% sales tax, in Philadelphia Pennsylvania the sales tax is 8% and they want more. Until this year, Philly was the only place in PA that has RLC's.

Since you seem to be making a case for your point of view, why don't you do a study?

Tucson would probably make the list too but a former Police Chief changed reporting descriptions so we don't fall into the FBI definitions. Stroke of a pen our crime went down, lol