tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2498525082522582900.post9177743387917162346..comments2024-03-22T16:02:08.213-05:00Comments on The Wheel: Stop! Give Me Your Money!Mark Stegerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02376182294736839659noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2498525082522582900.post-12460737330490570792012-01-14T13:26:41.495-06:002012-01-14T13:26:41.495-06:00It doesn't appear the red light camera had any...It doesn't appear the red light camera had anything to do with that accident. It sounds like bad planning and foot-feed abuse to me.Nathan Morganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11125033575992516328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2498525082522582900.post-31193360646753914772012-01-14T09:48:10.357-06:002012-01-14T09:48:10.357-06:00From The Dallas Morning News:
"Police say th...From <a href="http://crimeblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2012/01/funeral-on-saturday-for-lake-h.html" rel="nofollow">The Dallas Morning News</a>:<br /><br />"Police say the car was traveling at more than twice the posted limit at impact. The boy was dragged 400 feet before the driver was able to stop, according to the police report. She told officers that she was on her way to work and was trying to beat a yellow light, although a witness at the scene told police that woman ran the red light, the police report said."Mark Stegerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02376182294736839659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2498525082522582900.post-38714366560622919892012-01-12T12:46:00.372-06:002012-01-12T12:46:00.372-06:00The vast majority of traffic safety regulation vio...The vast majority of traffic safety regulation violations do not result in any harm, except for the uncaptured revenue that would otherwise be collected by a missed opportunity to prosecute.<br /><br />We must remember that the traffic laws were enacted, not to provide a revenue stream for municipal operations or to justify a police force, but to establish rules that drivers observe in order to assure roadway safety. <br /><br />Rolling through a red light or stop sign when there is no traffic hazard poses no threat to traffic safety. Yet, countless citations are issued. One can only assume the original intent of the traffic safety rules is often held secondary to the desire to extract revenue from drivers who cause no hazard.<br /><br />Fiscally responsible communities have well planned, viable means of funding local government that do not include shaking down the public at every turn.Nathan Morganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11125033575992516328noreply@blogger.com