RE: <br>Our friends the Brits appreciate the crime-deterrence effect of speeding& red-light cameras: <div><br></div><div>Do an Internet search on Gatso, the name of the company in the U.K. that manufactures many of the camera boxes. Make sure your children leave the room before you look at the pictures! <br>
<div class="gmail_quote"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote">RE:</div><div class="gmail_quote">These cameras are all about safety. </div><div class="gmail_quote"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote">Ever wonder why the speed limit was allowed to rise above 55 MPH beginning in '87 or so? There have been claims (and perhaps even studies - I can't recall exactly) that this simple 10 MPH increase greatly increased auto fatalities nationwide. What was the policy rationale for raising the limit?? How about this- Did you ever wonder why it's so easy (at least relative to other countries) to get a driver's license here?? You're not required to drive a standard transmission for the test, and sometimes, you're not even required to drive on a road or perform a task such as merging into highway traffic. Your test might even take place in a parking lot. We hand out driver's licenses like candy on Halloween, so long as you can parallel park! </div>
<div class="gmail_quote">So no, these cameras cannot be about safety. There are much simpler, cheaper, and more effective (albeit lower revenue-generating and less politically attractive) ways of improving automobile safety in the U.S.</div>
<div class="gmail_quote"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote">--Nicholas</div>
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