Well file this under “Complete BS From The Cops” dept.
If you need any further evidence that traffic cameras are nothing more than vast revenue streams for any given town and do nothing to make us safer, then look no further than this latest piece of evidence.
In Chevy Chase, Maryland, where speeding tickets brought in about $8,000 monthly before speed cameras were installed, things are much rosier for the towns coffers, “We are routinely bringing in approximately a quarter-million dollars per month,” said Geoffrey Biddle, Chevy Chase’s village manager, told the Board of Managers.
And look who it is effecting most: ” … because locals know enough to evade the cop cams, the village’s new revenue mostly comes from outsiders, rather like a commuter tax.”
And it’s not just Chevy Chase.
DC’s cameras have taken in more than $200 million since 2001. Scottsdale AZ has six freeway cameras that took in $17 million in 2006.
Feeling safer?
Source: BoingBoing
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