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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Hey Floridians Near Palm Bay–You Got A New Traffic Camera

I know, the headline pretty much sums it up, but that's kind of why you come here, isn't it?  For fast and easy news about cameras of every stripe?  Of course you do--that's why we called it Image Acquire, after all.  And for Floridians, this is definitely news they want to hear about, even if ...

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A Traffic Camera Urban Legend In Florida

Remember how I was talking about how Miami was getting red light cameras?  Well, as it turns out, red light cameras in nearby Tampa are the subject of some urban legends. And no, sadly, it's not something good like how the ghost of an angry motorist who hung himself after getting a traffic ticket he couldn't ...

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Barrington Not Installing Red Light Cameras

The traffic camera war continues on unabated, with a new member in those towns resisting the move--Barrington. It might surprise you to hear that one of Chicago's many suburbs decided to go the route of NOT videotaping its citizens' every move,   And it probably wasn't the easiest of decisions, especially after hearing about how one such ...

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Red Light Cameras Roundly Voted Out of Chillicoathe

Well, chalk up another victory for the common man who decided he didn't want his every movement tracked by government watchdogs--the citizenry of Chillicoathe voted down a proposal to install red light traffic cameras in town. Oh, and four incumbents also got pink slipped from THEIR jobs for a change.  I expect a lot more of ...

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Red Light Cameras Could Balance Jefferson Parish’s Budget

So in perhaps the ultimate proof that municipalities put in red light cameras for fast cash as opposed to any sense of "protecting the citizens", Jefferson Parish is looking at a huge slug of cash as a result of its installation of the cameras.  But they've got just two hurdles to cross before they can ...

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Lawsuits Developing Over Crime Cameras In New Orleans

You'd think that, at some point, all these city founders who think to themselves that maybe speed / traffic / crime cameras are a good idea would look at the sheer and enormous outcry against them and say, jeepers, maybe this is the most boneheaded move I could make. Well, government work must cause brain damage ...

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Taneytown Considering Speed Cameras–Talk To Baltimore, Guys.

The folks out in Taneytown, Maryland, may well want to consider Baltimore and Chicago's troubles with speed cameras, because they're planning to be next in. The mayor of Tareyton, James L. McCarron Jr, is looking at getting the cameras in following a new state law allowing their use in school zones, calling it a "good idea" ...

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