Even when you stop at the red light, if the nose of your car is past the white intersection line on the road -- the red light cameras get you. Nothing to do with safety. It's all about cashflow. The City Council president let out the dirty secret: not "We'll have safer streets," but "We're going to make a lot of money."
Meanwhile, in the Free States, citizens vote down red light cameras.There's no way to rule innocent men. . . . [W]hen there aren't enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws. Who wants a nation of law-abiding citizens? What's there in that for anyone? But just pass the kind of laws that can neither be observed nor enforced nor objectively interpreted -- and you create a nation of law-breakers -- and then you cash in on guilt.
-- Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged
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Philbrick:
Quoting Ayn Rand in regards to a traffic camera generating revenue for enforcement of a very old motor vehicle code is trivial at best; more so, a potential insult to her work. Are you arguing for the inalienable right to run a red light in Rochester?
Like Nancy Reagan championed “just say no” to drugs; perhaps the next Rochester mayor, can say “just stop” at a red light; “winners don’t run red lights”.
I doubt this type of risky driving behavior is going to “stop”, because of the revenue generated by a traffic camera.
Enjoy your T-day.
“Howling Mad” Murdock
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