[RP TownTalk] Fwd: Speed Cameras in College Park

[Dwight Holmes]

With a real risk of oversimplification - For example, I think it is truly
safety-enhancing to have a speed camera where the bike lane crosses Paint
Branch (or any other major road) since it's evident these things really do
work in getting people to slow down - I would say that the reason these
camera are spreading like monsoon frogs has nothing to do with a desire to
invade our privacy; it's all about the money.  Since "tax" has become a
toxic term in our society, states and towns, in particular, are scrambling
in every way possible to find "new revenue streams", unpolluted with the
toxic tax-word.  Et voilá: red light cameras & speed cameras.

On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 6:50 AM, Carol DePrato <tazimax at verizon.net> wrote:

>  *I was in the United Kingdom recently and they have cameras everywhere
> you look.  They also don't have the respect for privacy that we "used" to
> have in the United States.  Now I'm not saying I want to speed, but I think
> all these cameras are just the beginning to a "big brotherish" society like
> they have over there.  Just something to think about.  How would you like
> your every move outside your house monitored....*
> *Carol*
>
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