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Old 07-19-09 | 06:36 PM
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DC police chief calls I phone speed trap dodgers " cowardly"
TRANSLATION: My salary could suffer if we lose too much revenue.
Old 07-19-09 | 06:46 PM
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I hope these thieving cities and police agencies realize that we will beat them with technology
Old 07-19-09 | 06:55 PM
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Originally Posted by O. L. T.
TRANSLATION: My salary could suffer if we lose too much revenue.
Irrelevant.

D.C. gets a fair amount of money from the Federal Goverment, in addition to its own taxes.
Old 07-19-09 | 07:02 PM
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Originally Posted by I8ABMR
I hope these thieving cities and police agencies realize that we will beat them with technology
Speeding is pretty much irrelevant in D.C. anyway, with or without cameras. It's 69 square miles of almost completely built-up city and constant traffic lights, with very few open roads except for I-295/395.
Old 07-19-09 | 08:44 PM
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An iPhone with a speed trap-avoiding app? That's it, I'm getting an iPhone.
Old 07-19-09 | 09:36 PM
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Originally Posted by mmarshall
See my answer to LexBob2:
Let's hope, we can only speculate.
Old 07-19-09 | 09:37 PM
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Originally Posted by mmarshall
Speeding is pretty much irrelevant in D.C. anyway, with or without cameras. It's 69 square miles of almost completely built-up city and constant traffic lights, with very few open roads except for I-295/395.
Agreed, hardly a drivers paradise.
Old 07-19-09 | 09:38 PM
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Originally Posted by mmarshall
Irrelevant.

D.C. gets a fair amount of money from the Federal Goverment, in addition to its own taxes.
Irrelevant, unless you like observing government waste. Yep.
Old 07-19-09 | 09:55 PM
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She calls them cowardly . Their replyshould be to call her another C word. LMAO
Old 07-19-09 | 10:19 PM
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Her statement proves without any reasonable doubt that the speed cameras and red light cameras are for money making measures.

She should be ashamed of herself.

The iPhone application should be applauded by all law enforcement agencies if "Safety" really is the number one priority.
Old 07-19-09 | 10:54 PM
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ah, i had a thread about this when i thought I saw a red light camera catch me making a turn on red without stopping completely. but the letter never came!
Old 07-20-09 | 05:47 AM
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just more BS from DC police chiefs, chiefs are nothing more than some political mouthpiece of the mayor. Like the Jersey City police chief complaining this weekend that pump shotguns were assault weapons
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Loss of revenue is all she and the manufacturer of speed equipment care about.
Old 07-20-09 | 07:04 AM
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The police saying it's about safety is a JOKE! It's all about the $$$. The Philly area on Rt. 1 blvd. made SO MUCH money from 4 red light cameras, they increased them to 10. The I-phone app. is great. It will always a cat& mouse game with tech. in all things.
Old 07-20-09 | 08:25 AM
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Originally Posted by PAULGS430
The police saying it's about safety is a JOKE! It's all about the $$$. The Philly area on Rt. 1 blvd. made SO MUCH money from 4 red light cameras, they increased them to 10. The I-phone app. is great. It will always a cat& mouse game with tech. in all things.
Before you can say that, you would have to look at a number of factors, such as the accident rate on that stretch of road before and after the cameras were installed, the severity of the accidents that did occur, and number of injuries/deaths. To just come out and say, in blanket terms, that the cameras do not affect safety is not necessarily an accurate statement.
For instance, here in VA, we found that red-light cameras tended to lessen the number of T-Bone side-impact crashes but INCREASE the number of rear-enders. However, the rear-enders, in general, were much less severe than higher-speed side impacts, resulting in fewer injuries/deaths.


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