[Scan-DC] VSP video cameras on car

[Thomas J. Dalrymple]

People see it as revenue generation when an outside company supervises or
manages the program, and receives a percentage of the fines generated.
Questions were raised about a jurisdiction that installed red light cameras,
and then reduced the timing on the yellow lights. (I have to look this up to
confirm, but I think I heard about this on WTOP, where they were timing stop
lights in the District.) Shorter yellow, more people caught running red, and
everyone but the driver profits.

Pay your consultants a flat fee, let the police determine if you broke the
law, and make the process open to the public, and the public will start to
see it less as a revenue maker.

On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 11:12 AM, Cathy Drzyzgula <cathy at drzyzgula.org>wrote:

> This is one argument I've never understood, why using technology to more
> efficiently catch lawbreakers is seen a way to increase revenue, rather
> than
> a way to increase compliance with the law.  I think the likelihood of
> getting caught should be high to deter people from speeding, driving while
> suspended, stealing cars, etc. and to have consequences for those who do it
> anyhow.
>
> Cathy
>
>