Seeing Red? Vote YES To Ban Red Light Cameras
EDITORIAL CORNER BY ATTORNEY MICHAEL CARTER
As an attorney and a former municipal red-light camera judge, I know how unfair the use and
abuse of Red Light Cameras has been.
That’s why I helped lead an effort to have St. Charles County Council
place the issue of Red Light Cameras on the ballot this Tuesday November 4th. |
| Attorney Michael E. Carter |
Red light cameras have been proven to increase accidents
and are a money grab by the municipalities that use them -- resulting in an indirect tax.
They violate our rights to privacy, are not accurate, and deny those who
receive tickets proper due process.
A
major national red light camera firm (the very one that the City of St. Peters contracted with) has also been charged with bribing elected
public officials resulting in indictments, witnesses turning state and more. Missouri and especially St. Charles County is no place for Traffic Ticket Cameras.
This Tuesday we can
say no to RED LIGHT CAMERAS by voting YES to ban them in St. Charles
County. If you have any questions about
the Red Light Camera issues call me at 636-916-4040.
This is not about Red light cameras! This is about a pissed of County Councilman (Joe Brasil) getting caught violating the law and having the arrogance to brush it off until he got a summons for failure to appear. For the truth, for a change, view this: http://youtu.be/hd0CIAndcSE
ReplyDeleteThe problem is that ticket camera enforcement for profits is wrong 100% of the time - everywhere. NO city has the right to pilfer the wallets of their safe driving citizens and visitors for profits. And ticket cameras produce the profits cities demand ONLY when they ticket mostly safe drivers for small technical fouls that endangered no one.
DeleteTraffic safety is NOT a local political issue, it is a traffic safety engineering issue. Ticket cameras are profitable ONLY when the traffic safety engineering factors are deliberately done improperly to cause more tickets to safe drivers for profits.
Vote the cameras out on Tuesday. James C. Walker, Life Member - National Motorists Association
Agreed, vote YES to ban red light cameras county-wide. Ticket cameras have lost 28 of 31 public votes so far and 4 more votes are on ballots for November 4th. On November 5th, the score should be 32 losses for the cameras in 35 votes. Once residents see the true money grab purpose for ticket cameras, they almost always vote them out. You CAN help end the scam, vote YES to ban cameras. James C. Walker, Life Member - National Motorists Association
ReplyDeletei disagree - you should not have a problem with red-light-cameras if you dont speed or run red lights. It makes our roads and intersections much safer. Municipalities are only allowed to collect up to 30% of their income from these cameras, the rest has to go to the state
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