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Algorem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-28-07 09:33 AM
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NAACP opposes red-light cameras
http://www.thenewspaper.com/news/21/2145.asp

http://www.thenewspaper.com/

Ohio: Third City Attempts Anti-Camera Referendum

NAACP begins push for charter amendment that would ban red light cameras in Cincinnati, Ohio.


..."This expansion I see of government into the private lives of citizens is very concerning," NAACP chapter President Christopher Smitherman told the Cincinnati Enquirer newspaper. "I have a sense that big brother is watching more and more and our civil liberties are being eroded."

If successful, Cincinnati voters would join East Cleveland and Steubenville in having a public say on the future of photo enforcement. Last month the East Cleveland community activist group known as Black on Black Crime secured the required number of signatures to put cameras on the ballot. In November 2006, three out of every four voters in Steubenville agreed to kick out the devices in the state's first public vote on the devices. Despite claims that red light cameras are popular, no photo enforcement program has ever survived a referendum...


Source: NAACP seeks vote on traffic cameras http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071228/NEWS01/712280423
(Cincinnati Enquirer (OH), 12/27/2007)


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DCKit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-28-07 12:01 PM
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1. Election Fraud, Disenfranchised Voters and Disappearing Constitutional Rights...
and THIS is the NAACPs cause du jour????????

Let me guess: One of the top "leaders" has a lead foot, got busted and is now on a personal crusade.

"Fuck the little people, I wanna drive through red lights."

There have been four fatal accidents and dozens of close calls at an intersection half a block from my front door in the past three years. Yeah, I want cameras.
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RadioRaheem84 Donating Member (6 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-28-07 04:36 PM
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2. yeah but..
cameras,iffy.
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benEzra Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-29-07 10:30 PM
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3. Setting up cameras, and purposely setting yellow lights too short...
is a revenue-generating mechanism, big-time. Studies have shown that lengthening the yellow caution period reduces red-light crashes more than cameras, without the sharp increases in rear-end collisions that tend to occur at short-yellow, camera-equipped intersections.

In most states, the contractors that provide the cameras (whether red-light or speed trap cameras) get a cut of the ticket revenue generated, and those people are the ones who tout the safety benefits of cameras. Follow the money...
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midlife_mo_Jo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-07-08 05:27 PM
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4. In my community, we have four red light cameras
Edited on Mon Jan-07-08 05:28 PM by midlife_mo_Jo
The intersections are clearly marked with large permanent signs that cameras are being used! Because these were four dangerous intersections where many accidents had occurred, our city council is trying this as a way of reducing accidents and fatalities. So far, it's been pretty successful. As long as the signs stay up, and the yelow light time period isn't shortened - in other words, the cameras are there to prevent accidents and not as a revenue source - I think I actually support their presence.
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