05-06-2008, 04:38 PM
Dekeda,
My stance sounds like "the ends justify the means" because I agree with that sentiment. I can appreciate the good that can come of the cameras, despite not liking them. The cameras are worthwhile if they can reduce the number of drivers who run red lights even if just by a small amount.
I understand the tickets are treated like parking fines and that violators stay on the road. However, I know people who have gotten the tickets and now drive more carefully as a result, partially because of the safety issues and partially because they don't want to have to pay another fine.
So, in that level, the cameras worked. In some cases not because of the right reasons but they worked nonetheless.
Robert
My stance sounds like "the ends justify the means" because I agree with that sentiment. I can appreciate the good that can come of the cameras, despite not liking them. The cameras are worthwhile if they can reduce the number of drivers who run red lights even if just by a small amount.
I understand the tickets are treated like parking fines and that violators stay on the road. However, I know people who have gotten the tickets and now drive more carefully as a result, partially because of the safety issues and partially because they don't want to have to pay another fine.
So, in that level, the cameras worked. In some cases not because of the right reasons but they worked nonetheless.
Robert