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Wednesday, April 25, 2018

Do Traffic Cameras Really Make Streets Safer?

(Click on the image for  Alan Ehrenhalt's commentary in Governing)
"When I get a ticket for driving 14 miles per hour over the speed limit, I may have reason to be angry. But the cameras aren’t there to make my life easier. They’re there to protect all the other drivers who are threatened by my failure to obey the law. When they work properly, they are a modest price to pay for more safety. That’s why, once I vented a little bit about getting cited for speeding, I calmly wrote a check for $100 and went on about my business."