Please ask Dr. Morhaim what traffic safety measures the legislature has considered that don't involve the state receiving revenue from citizens, and whether, in an economic environment where 1 out of every 10 eligible workers is unemployed and many more are underemployed, such measures might be preferable to, never mind more effective than, speed cameras.

* The registered owner is the driver only 72% of the time, so the wrong person is cited more than 1 in 4 times! If the police arrested the wrong person that often, there would be outrage, but evidently if it's just a speeding fine no one cares if the wrong person gets cited that often.
* Cameras malfunction and issue erroneous citations. The sensitive electronics and sensors are exposed to the element and heat and cold 24/7. The vendors will NOT publish their accuracy and error rates!
* There is no regular proposed government oversight or routine audit program to ensure the contractor is honest and equipment is working properly. They have said that once per year a third party will check them. That is not sufficient. Why can't the police check them more often? What about auditing the vendor and the process?
* There have been no engineering studies done in "problem locations" to determine if lack of enforcement really is the cause of accidents. For that matter, the city has been lax in providing stats about the number of *injuries* and *fatalities* caused by exceeding the posted limit in these school areas. Are they even needed?
* The effectiveness of sending a ticket to someone weeks after they've done something is also very ineffective. Try punishing your kids two weeks after they do something wrong and see how that works.
* Lots of people are exempt from these machines, and they are easy to avoid: People who tow trailers, have bike or wheelchair racks, or temp plates, or other plate obstructions or covers renders them immune to photo enforcement.
* Equipment vendors such as Redflex are dishonest and have been caught falsifying court documents, using uncertified equipment, and shortening yellow lights.
* Some studies show that injuries and fatalities INCREASE where cameras are installed.

A person who speeds through a residential area or school zone has no regard for others, not even children. Nothing will slow him except the likelihood that he will be caught and punished. Without speed cameras, there is no such likelihood, so the speeding continues.

Patrick K. Lackey

We should put cameras everywhere and watch everybody at all times. Crime would vanish and society would be much safer, especially for children.