Don't like how much money Baltimore is making off Speed Camers, do something about it

[mythoughts]

How in the world is anybody this stupid?

Speed cameras have tagged Benjamin Parker's pickup truck 41 times in the Baltimore area over the past three years, records show — enough to have his license suspended 10 times over if those citations had been handed out by a police officer and not a machine.

Parker, a retiree who lives in Woodlawn, professed bewilderment that so many of the $40 citations have piled up, many from a stretch of Gwynns Falls Parkway in the city with a 25 mph speed limit. "I have no idea," he said when asked to explain it. "I don't even know anything about half those tickets."

Parker is one of 585 area motorists whose vehicles have amassed at least 30 tickets courtesy of the region's speed-detecting cameras since they were authorized in Maryland in 2009, according to a Baltimore Sun analysis

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http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/mar...,5655113.story

So he doesn't know anything about half of those tickets ?
Let's say it's 21.
So he does know about the other 20 ??

[genghiskhanraven]

Escort 9500 Radar detect with built in GPS locator for speed and red-light cameras. I paid one $40 ticket, but will never pay another.

They have outlawed GPS speed camera detectors in the UK because they WANT people to speed; I wonder how long it will take for the state of Maryland to pull the same garbage. It wouldn't be so bad if they stuck to the supposed intent of the law but they put most of these cameras in areas away from schools and where the speed limit is at least 10mps lower than it should be. And now this report that they have cameras that give false speeding photos that they knew about.

What I should do is buy a ton of stock in the speed camera company, then all the hayseeds in the "just slow down" crowd will become useful idiots because i would want tickets for even 1mph over any speed limit and cameras on every road in the state

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...penalties.html

[BlandFood]

The tax cameras just do fines.

OK, Id only be half as pissed I guess.

[Patrick R. Lynch]

If the authorities wanted to stop speeding. They could. But they don't. You want to know why? Money.

The concept was originally full of good intentions. But after some stellar reporting by Sun staffers, it was uncovered/determined that some cameras, like the one on South Caton Avenue, are simply 'cash cows' for the city.

If it can be proven otherwise that ALL cameras are simply there for the intent of slowing traffic, then I wouldn't be so chafed at the current administration.

Former mayor Dixon was drop-kicked from office for an ethics violation, using gift cards that were meant to be distributed to the less fortunate. In my humble opinion, the same ethics violations are happening with Mayor Rawlings-Blakes administration, just on a more egregious scale.

Safety is one thing, but using the speed camera system as an overt cash cow
is sickening. Mayor R.B., what are you going to do to correct this heinous misuse of the camera system? To initiate no action at all would be an obvious admission of guilt.

[The Eternal White Belt]

The cameras are not about safety. They are taxbots.

Same could be said for much of law enforcement in general.

[The Eternal White Belt]

I love speed cameras... If I'm driving 90 in a 65, then my ticket is the same as someone going 75. And no points. Win-win.

[octoburn]

So he doesn't know anything about half of those tickets ?
Let's say it's 21.
So he does know about the other 20 ??

The concept of personal responsibility seems to fly out the window of a speeding car when it comes to deciding to speeding in violation of the law. It also requires us to reason that all speed cameras are incorrect and cannot be corrected and the selective acceptance of the "I'm a victim!" mindset.

"Slow down" doesn't seem to even be a consideration for those addicted to speeding. It's never going to be their fault that they were busted for breaking the law; it has to be faulty cameras.

[workerbee]

You wouldn't gotten a ticket for going 62 in a 55 zone

Typo... It was 67 in a 55.

[demopublican]

The concept of personal responsibility seems to fly out the window of a speeding car when it comes to deciding to speeding in violation of the law. It also requires us to reason that all speed cameras are incorrect and cannot be corrected and the selective acceptance of the "I'm a victim!" mindset.

"Slow down" doesn't seem to even be a consideration for those addicted to speeding. It's never going to be their fault that they were busted for breaking the law; it has to be faulty cameras.

The casualties from Maryland's roads this month indicate that our roads remain dangerous despite the proliferation of these taxbots.
The fines are set low for two reasons: to discourage taking the tickets to court, and to ensure that idiots can afford to keep offending.
What they need to do is throw the book at repeat and the high speed/aggressive offenders.

And why do we allow people to own high powered race cars for street use?

[octoburn]

I seriously doubt that those drivers who continue to get speeding tickets due to their own recklessness are driving race cars. In fact ~ I doubt that professional race car drivers get many tickets on our streets and highways at all.

I would love to see higher fines and the book thrown at repeat offenders and those aggressive drivers without getting so many chances to kill others. How many times have we seen repeat drunk driving offenders go free, only to hurt others? Judging from the Maryland Judiciary Case Search ~ it almost seems that having a record is something that is required of certain radio "personalities" and that reflects poorly on the employers.

[Lawman 27]

Ssllloooowwwww ddddddooooooowwwwwwwwnnnnnnnnn !!!!!!!!!!

Since even the Sun has been forced to admit that the cameras may not actually work, then your comment is a bit WRONG*.

But considering the error factor in the cameras, I have a better suggestion which is more along your logic:

Don't come into Baltimore.

I mean, aside from some great sports teams, what does Baltimore have?

(Okay, the City does have the highest quality illegal drugs you can find. Oh, and no one really cares about the law, so you can get away with pretty much what you want...But other than that, why even go in there)?


*City official says speed-camera radar 'not 100% accurate'

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/mar...,4171896.story