Speed cameras to be implemented and red light cameras to be removed

[His Highness the Wise TibetanMonkey, Most Humble Philosopher]

My prayers has been answered. The Banana Goddess knows how to deliver the goods to make a monkey happy. Right around my community the red light cameras are flashing incessantly... 160 bucks a piece. That's enough to make a city's coffers rich but it's rather predatory in nature. The real issue is speeders who blatantly ignore the speed limits, making people fearful to go around their communities. Well, Chicago's mayor --a man by the name of Rahm Emanuel, so you may include him in your prayers-- knows how to hunt for the real predators, not the absent-minded driver who steps over the line at the red light.

"Just as the city gets ready to start issuing tickets up to $100 for people caught by the first of Mayor Rahm Emanuel's automated speed cameras, his office announced Tuesday that controversial red light cameras will be removed from 18 intersections."

http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2013-10-02/news/chi-emanuel-pulls-handful-of-redlight-cameras-as-speed-tickets-start-20131001_1_speed-cameras-red-light-cameras-intersections

Anyway it takes a fine art to tame the beast before we monkeys can come down from the trees. I guess it's time to celebrate.


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[His Highness the Wise TibetanMonkey, Most Humble Philosopher]

Wow, what a debut in NYC:

Speed Cameras To Make Their Debut In School Zones Across All 5 Boroughs
Enforcement To Begin On 1st Day Of School; Violators Face $50 Fine

http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2013/08/26/speed-cameras-to-make-their-debut-in-school-zones-across-all-5-boroughs/

That debut deserves to be on Broadway. You know, NYC is a very progressive city nowadays. Good things are happening and protecting the kids is great. Gee, the other day I could have gotten a ticket because I wasn't aware of the school zone. 50 bucks, I deserve it. Now it's spreading to the nation. And if you don't like it... ride a bicycle. Good for all.

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Post by His Highness the Wise TibetanMonkey, Most Humble Philosopher
Well, Chicago's mayor --a man by the name of Rahm Emanuel, so you may include him in your prayers-- knows how to hunt for the real predators, not the absent-minded driver who steps over the line at the red light.

Hell HAS frozen over and a pig just flew past my window cause I actually agree with you for once
Here in Mexifornia, the tickets are between 400 and 500 BUCKS.
More often than not, given for an almost-came-to-a-complete-stop-before-turning-right in one of those targeted intersections.
I'm surprised people haven't taking to shooting the lights and cameras
One day, while waiting for my SO at her bank, I watched cars at a 4 way stop sighed intersection.
Out of 50+ some cars & trucks the ONLY time anyone came to a complete no-forward-momentum-at-all was if there was a pedesterian in a crosswalk or a car turning in front of them.
Even the local cop in his meter reading Jeep didn't bother to stop.
Some people went thru at 10+ mph
As for bicyclists? They never bother to stop, unless absoultely necessary