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Red light cameras

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The city’s red-light camera program is supposed to increase safety at intersections, police say, by prompting “behavior modifications” in motorists.
City of Houston

Clearly, some government workers aren’t getting the message.

We reported [free reg.] last spring that more than 100 public vehicles, including police cruisers and school buses, were nabbed during the first five months the cameras were operational.

Not much has changed, according to records we’ve received under the Texas Public Information Act.

In the camera system’s first year, more than 520 such vehicles have been cited, resulting in about $40,000 in fines, the records show. City vehicles were responsible for $16,425 of that. The Houston Police Department, whose officers monitor the program, had the most citations: 103.

3 Responses to “Red light cameras”

  1. # 9 Says:

    Where is the report in the KNS about Knoxville’s red light abusers? Any guesses how many of them are of the .gov flavor?

  2. Phelps Says:

    You might not ever find out unless Tenn. has something like TPIA. And of course, the cops in Dallas were trying to get their tickets “fixed” until the media got a hold on it. I’m waiting for the legislation to show up in Austin to really heat up the fax machines at the leg.

  3. Phelps Says:

    BTW, I love this part from the TPIA:

    The people, in delegating authority, do not give their public servants the right to decide what is good for the people to know and what is not good for them to know. The people insist on remaining informed so that they may retain control over the instruments they have created.

    Of course, that was Texas in the 70s.

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