ECN Forum Forums General Topics of the Trade General Discussion Area Measuring speed of traffic.

In 1968, 88 in a 45 was $100 to get out of jail in D.C. ... or so I hear

They revoke you, then forget about it a couple years later and 14 years later they remember again ... but that is another story.

Apparently, the fund raiser situation doesn't interest the Twp. They have a few 'red light' cameras at major intersections that are raking in $$$$.

Some neighbors are going to Feb council meeting to raise this again.

We had a revolt here about red light cameras and they decided not to charge "right turns with a rolling stop" or "pulling too far across the crosswalk before you stop" offenses. The vendor who operates the cameras for a piece of the action said they were going to pull the cameras because that was their biggest source of revenue. It turns out most "red light runners" are not just busting through the light, they are turning on red without a complete stop, behind the stop line (where you can't see if there is a car coming).

Government should be prohibited from sharing a piece of the pie.

About 2,000 years ago Rome used such methods: 'tax farming.'

It destroyed the Republic as it naturally got completely out of hand.

We're seeing the same follies in modern America whereby this or that public entity is selling its crown jewels for peanuts.

( Parking meters and their income on SIXTY year terms. As if there's no corruption to be found in such mega-deals.)

There's a city about an hour away that has gone crazy with vehicle traps. Consequently, their business district has collapsed. The word got out.