End of N.J. red light cameras a blow to town budgets, Moody’s says

[Disir]

End of N.J. red light cameras a blow to town budgets Moody 8217 s says NJ.com

and this: Days earlier, the former CEO of New Jersey’s other red light camera operator, Redflex, was indicted on federal corruption charges for the company’s Chicago dealings.



The Wall Street rating agency is sad.

The Chicago program grew into a marquee system for Redflex — the largest in the United States — and generated nearly $500 million in $100 tickets for the cash-starved city. But now it is the subject of multiple probes and political attacks after the Tribune's reports and more recent revelations that thousands of drivers were fined during suspicious spikes in tickets.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel moved to fire Redflex in 2013, but the company ran the program until March. Emanuel's administration has acknowledged that oversight of the program was lacking and has started a review of up to 16,000 citations from intersections where the Tribune documented wild swings in ticketing.

Red light camera firm former CEO indicted - Chicago Tribune

And the thing that ticks me off is that the response from elected officials is this
Blink. Blink. Blink. The revenue. Blink. Blink. Blink.

It has nothing to do with safety. Nothing.

 

[eagle1462010]

They were always designed to ticket people and get money.

We have them down here in the tunnels. Speed in the tunnel get a ticket in the mail.

 

[Pogo]

Tough shit. Let 'em find money in legitimate ways now.

Fuckin' parasites...

 

[theHawk]

Don't worry, they'll find some liberals that can come up with some creative ways of taxing the people.

 

[Mr. H.]

Hardly a safety measure. Data backs that up.

 

[Jarlaxle]

The solution to revenue cameras is a match-grade target rifle, some steel-cored match ammo, and try for a thousand-yard patch.

 

[Derideo_Te]

End of N.J. red light cameras a blow to town budgets Moody 8217 s says NJ.com

and this: Days earlier, the former CEO of New Jersey’s other red light camera operator, Redflex, was indicted on federal corruption charges for the company’s Chicago dealings.



The Wall Street rating agency is sad.

The Chicago program grew into a marquee system for Redflex — the largest in the United States — and generated nearly $500 million in $100 tickets for the cash-starved city. But now it is the subject of multiple probes and political attacks after the Tribune's reports and more recent revelations that thousands of drivers were fined during suspicious spikes in tickets.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel moved to fire Redflex in 2013, but the company ran the program until March. Emanuel's administration has acknowledged that oversight of the program was lacking and has started a review of up to 16,000 citations from intersections where the Tribune documented wild swings in ticketing.

Red light camera firm former CEO indicted - Chicago Tribune

And the thing that ticks me off is that the response from elected officials is this
Blink. Blink. Blink. The revenue. Blink. Blink. Blink.

It has nothing to do with safety. Nothing.

Yup, all about the money and the corruption!

Interesting related articles. Tickets in NJ were sent from Texas. According to NJ law only a LEO can issue a traffic ticket. Then motorists received tickets after the due date to pay them. Worst of all was the motorist in Newark who entered the intersection on green, had to wait for pedestrians crossing and by the time they were gone the light was red so he was issued a ticket by the camera. How many times will that happen before motorists who don't want tickets will stop giving way to pedestrians. If anything these cameras create a safety hazard rather than increase safety.