Caught on Tape
A few years ago, I got busted for running a red-light in Lilburn, at the intersection of Lawrenceville Highway and Killian Hill Road. I was as guilty as sin. The four photos that accompanied the $70 citation showed as much.
So I paid up.
Last week, AJC Gwinnett News reporter Shane Blatt wrote that five Gwinnett cities – Duluth, Lilburn, Norcross, Snellville and Suwanee — either have suspended use of the cameras or plan to stop using them altogether. Citiations have dipped, making the cost of the automated program prohibitive, according to the article.
But get this:
Citations supposedly dropped because of a state law that went into effect on Dec. 31. It mandated a one-second addition to the yellow phase at all camera intersections. One second. It appears that made a substantial difference in the number of tickets issued.
I wonder how many accidents — better yet, lives — that one second will prevent?
Makes me wonder: Were the red-light cameras truly about safety or money?
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17 comments Add your comment
JSC
March 17th, 2009
11:51 pm
BTW, I think Rick’s picture is cute. LT5000 – whoever you are, you’re pathetic. I haven’t come across your column. Oh, that’s right – you don’t have one.
JSC
March 17th, 2009
11:49 pm
C’mon, Rick – of course it was all about the money.
Bruce Wilcox
March 17th, 2009
11:22 pm
Now if you want to talk about Big Brother, that as an a different thing. To me it would be against the 4th, 5th and 6th, Amendents
Bruce Wilcox
March 17th, 2009
11:11 pm
Most cities in Gwinnett are giving up the program because it costs too much to run,thus no profit.Use your fingers and do at least a litte researh, it’s in the paper.
LT
March 17th, 2009
10:36 pm
LT, you are the only one analyzing the picture. It is touching, I mean it.
nana
March 17th, 2009
10:10 pm
I believe it is/was all about the money. Too bad people who got tickets before the one second was added cannot get their $70.00 back. Both my kids got nailed. I once thought I would at the same intersection Rick is talking about as I made a rolling stop for a right turn on red, ticket never came though. Guess they didn’t get you for that.
LT5000
March 17th, 2009
9:55 pm
LT,
You are as smart as you are observant. I do not subscribe to Rick’s RSS feed. That would be a useless waste of bandwidth. Much like Badie’s twice weekly moronic musings.
By the way
Take a look at Badie’s pic, if you can stand it. It isn’t flattering in any way, shape or form. I can only imagine a video of this pudding of a man in action.
However, it does go a long way in explaining the insipid content of his blogs.
LT5000