Beware in Baltimore
Thu, 05/18/2017 - 6:17am
14 years
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Unfortunately, it looks like cameras are returning to Baltimore.
http://www.thenewspaper.com/news/52/5212.asp
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14 years
|
Unfortunately, it looks like cameras are returning to Baltimore.
http://www.thenewspaper.com/news/52/5212.asp
Other pages
Baltimore RLC & Speed Cams
Ya... I figured it was coming sooner or later.
They miss the revenue.
I hope the POIFACTORY RLC database gets updated so I can load them in my unit soon.
In the quotes I read
In the quotes I read at least the politicians were honest (that's a rarity). Several were quoted as saying something along the lines of: "its a great revenue stream and hopefully people will slow down". None seemed to say "it's all about safety".
They claim to have added substantially more oversight and eliminated the contractors financial motivation to cheat. We shall see.
We're watching
Ya... I figured it was coming sooner or later.
They miss the revenue.
I hope the POIFACTORY RLC database gets updated so I can load them in my unit soon.
They've said they will publish a list of the locations as soon as it's finalized.
~Angela
Good to know...
Thanks
yeah but
wasn't the fine $40, and you have to be >= 12 mph over? Who can argue that such a small fine and a large leeway has anything to do with revenue, it's definitely for safety and following speed guidelines. If it were california add $520 to the fine....
$110 is "inconvenient," $40 is nothing more than an annoyance, like, "shucks..." But in MD, cars tend to do the speed limit around cameras anyway, so if you go 15 over you stick out like a sore thumb.
Off topic but
I must say I really enjoyed the series The Wire which was set & produced in Baltimore
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One could hope they have learned
One could hope they have learned something since last time around. And hope what they learned is not just a better way to hide their problems.
What effectively shut them down last time around was the cost. When the courts started throwing out lots of citations, the cost of operating the courts destroyed the profits.
Baltimore Speed Cameras
Baltimore City has announced 7 speed cameras going live on Monday, June 26th. Just warnings issued for the first 30 days.
I don't have the coordinates, but have a general location or block address numbers:
https://hips.htvapps.com/htv-prod-media.s3.amazonaws.com/ima...
I hope this program works better than the last fiasco.
of course they are!
of course they are!
the decision
One could hope they have learned something since last time around. And hope what they learned is not just a better way to hide their problems.
What effectively shut them down last time around was the cost. When the courts started throwing out lots of citations, the cost of operating the courts destroyed the profits.
to move forward or not, has nothing to do with profits. this is government. The idea is safety, deterrence, enforcement. If it's only about profits when it comes to govt., the USPS would have folded years ago. Yet they continue to advance in technology. They deliver on Sundays. They're in bed with eBay and amazon, yet they lose lots of money. The USPS goes places where UPS and FedEx will not, because it's not profitable. The latter is mandated. Hide what problems?
Thank you for the head up.
Thank you.
remember...
If it's only about profits when it comes to govt., the USPS would have folded years ago.
All US government agency's with a web presence have a .gov component as the last part of the domain.
The USPS became a "Private Commercial" company decades ago.
If you want to visit the USPS on line it's
USPS.COM. not .GOV
Never argue with a pig. It makes you look foolish and it anoys the hell out of the pig!
If you find yourself in Baltimurder
Unfortunately, it looks like cameras are returning to Baltimore.
http://www.thenewspaper.com/news/52/5212.asp
You have more to worry about than RLC...I wouldn't go near that sewer on a bet.
"You can't get there from here"
USPS isn't Private Enterprise
All US government agency's with a web presence have a .gov component as the last part of the domain.
The USPS became a "Private Commercial" company decades ago.
If you want to visit the USPS on line it's
USPS.COM. not .GOV
As far as I know, the USPS is an 'independent' government agency. In Canada we call them Crown Corporations. Three quarters of the Board of Directors of the USPS are appointed by the President. Doesn't sound like private enterprise to me.
USPS wiki
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Postal_Service#G...
The Board of Governors of the United States Postal Service sets policy, procedure, and postal rates for services rendered, and has a similar role to a corporate board of directors. Of the eleven members of the Board, nine are appointed by the President and confirmed by the United States Senate (see 39 U.S.C. § 202). The nine appointed members then select the United States Postmaster General, who serves as the board's tenth member, and who oversees the day-to-day activities of the service as Chief Executive Officer (see 39 U.S.C. §§ 202–203). The ten-member board then nominates a Deputy Postmaster General, who acts as Chief Operating Officer, to the eleventh and last remaining open seat.
The independent Postal Regulatory Commission (formerly the Postal Rate Commission) is also controlled by appointees of the President confirmed by the Senate. It oversees postal rates and related concerns, having the authority to approve or reject USPS proposals.
The USPS is often mistaken for a government-owned corporation (e.g., Amtrak) because it operates much like a business. It is, however, an "establishment of the executive branch of the Government of the United States", (39 U.S.C. § 201) as it is controlled by Presidential appointees and the Postmaster General. As a government agency, it has many special privileges, including sovereign immunity, eminent domain powers, powers to negotiate postal treaties with foreign nations, and an exclusive legal right to deliver first-class and third-class mail. Indeed, in 2004, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in a unanimous decision that the USPS was not a government-owned corporation, and therefore could not be sued under the Sherman Antitrust Act.
The U.S. Supreme Court has also upheld the USPS's statutory monopoly on access to letter boxes against a First Amendment freedom of speech challenge; it thus remains illegal in the U.S. for anyone, other than the employees and agents of the USPS, to deliver mailpieces to letter boxes marked "U.S. Mail".
The Postal Service also has a Mailers' Technical Advisory Committee and local Postal Customer Councils, which are advisory and primarily involve business customers.
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Thanks guys
I used to live next to a postal worker (no they didn't go postal) but they used to say it was a "private" corporation.. and I wasn't about to argue with them... many times they were um... what's the word... BLITZED... that's it...
Never argue with a pig. It makes you look foolish and it anoys the hell out of the pig!
Let's get back on track...
The topic is in regards to Baltimore restarting their enforcement
camera program.
We'll be including the new locations in this week's update.
~Angela
Baltimore
Hide what problems?
Well Baltimore handed out some speeding tickets for which the provided evidence proved the car was standing still. That sounds like a problem to me.
Too Harsh?
Unfortunately, it looks like cameras are returning to Baltimore.
http://www.thenewspaper.com/news/52/5212.asp
You have more to worry about than RLC...I wouldn't go near that sewer on a bet.
Some aspects of the city are pretty sorry, like the city government and a significant portion of the citizenry (murder capital of the country), but some aren't so bad, like the restaurants and shops. Unfortunately you have to take both when venturing into the city.
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In the quotes I read at least the politicians were honest (that's a rarity). Several were quoted as saying something along the lines of: "its a great revenue stream and hopefully people will slow down". None seemed to say "it's all about safety".
They claim to have added substantially more oversight and eliminated the contractors financial motivation to cheat. We shall see.
It's all about $afety.
Here's the list
But I bet it will grow.
The portable speed cameras will be deployed at the following locations in school zones starting on June 26th:
· Frederick Douglass High School: 1800-2400 blocks of Gwynns Falls Parkway
· Vanguard Collegiate Middle School: 5400-5700 blocks Moravia Road
· Holy Angels Catholic School: 900-1200 blocks of South Caton Avenue
· Edmondson Westside High School: 4200-4500 blocks of Edmondson Avenue
· Glenmount Elementary/Middle School: 5900-6400 Walther Avenue
· Baltimore Polytechnic Institute/Western High School: 1200-1600 West Cold Spring Lane
· Gywnns Falls Elementary School: 2600-2800 Gywnns Falls Parkway