Issue ---> Red Light Cameras

In a County with a horrible reputation for tiny municiplities whose main source of income is traffic tickets, now we have Red Light Cameras. These cameras are automated systems for finding people who run red lights and sending them tickets. Sitting on the side of the road with radar was not efficient enough, these new systems can send out hundreds of tickets a month with no effort by the municipality.

There are always compelling reasons that our municipalities do things. In this case, they proport to stop accidents. How else could they justify automated law and order? However, studies show this may not be the case. In fact, these systems may increase accidents. The truth is, if there are problems in a specific intersection, there are ways to fix it. These include better warning signs, retiming traffic lights, better attention to traffic flow. With Red Light Cameras, there are incentives to keep the intersection difficult to negotiate.

Regarding Municipalities and their police, the is little or no trust between these entities and the citizens. We have the Municipalites and their officials watching the citizens with video cameras and the citizens watching the police with video cameras. Lets face it, when the cameras were turned onto the community of Georgetown, the place went into virtual collapse.

This is a miserable way for our communites to serve the citizens. The County should put a stop these cameras right away.