Mansfield Ohio Nixes Traffic Cameras, Cites What The People Want

Whoa. Mansfield, Ohio, you got a whole new reason to smile today.  Seems the city council turned down, and unanimously, no less, a proposal to install red light cameras in the city. Redflex, one of those camera companies that seems to be travelling the country looking for municipalities poor and / or desperate enough to install the ...

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A Desperate Schwartzenegger Turns To Speed Cameras To Balance Budget

Bravo, Arnie.  Bravo. Way to sell out the entire state in a desperate bid to cover up your own massive financial bungling. Apparently Governor Blackforest (literal translation, as it turns out!) wants to spend an as yet undisclosed sum the state doesn't have in a bid to retrofit five hundred cameras in California designed to snap photos ...

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In Chicago, The Most Dangerous Intersections Have No Accidents

Got to keep them honest, folks, and there's nothing like a camera to do it.  Especially in Chicago, where there are a LOT of such cameras. But this is about those wonderful red-light cameras that we're continually hearing about. Now, you might think that an intersection where there are constant accidents might well benefit from the ...

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