Archive for the ‘speeding’ Category

By now, every driver knows about traffic enforcement cameras. Found in more than 20 states, they photograph drivers committing traffic offenses, whether it's speeding or running a red light. The tickets simply arrive in the mail.

Found in more than 20 states, they're attractive to municipalities because they're run by private companies that install and maintain them, then split the take with the town. Free cash, out of the wallets of motorists.

But a recent article in the Washington Post pointed out a new way to fight automated traffic cameras: They can be banned through the citizen initiative process.

This past Tuesday, for example, voters...

A new survey from the well-respected research firm Public Opinion Strategies suggests that New York state voters support the use of red-light cameras—at least when it comes to the most dangerous intersections.

In the statewide survey conducted for American Traffic Solutions (ATS), one of the leading photo-enforcement providers and the company operating programs in New York City and Nassau County, 77 percent support the systems while just 18 percent were opposed.

Within New York City, support rated highest, at 85 percent in favor and just 12 percent in opposition (two-thirds overall believed that they increase safety), while in upstate New...

We don't mean to alarm anyone, but we have it on good authority that there's a giant monkey zipping around Phoenix in a Subaru Outback. The police have taken dozens of radar photos of this chump breaking speed limits, and they've ticketed the car's owner, Dave Vontesmar, but as anyone can plainly see from looking at the pics, that's a giant monkey behind the wheel, not some dude in a mask. Accordingly, Vontesmar has sent all 37 speeding tickets back to the city, claiming he's innocent. We hope somebody apprehends that mad macaque before he goes totally bananas. (P.S. Sorry, it's Thursday.) [PhoenixNewTimes]