.................................A RED LIGHT CAMERA!
We had several good threads about traffic tickets, and letting folks off with warnings, LEO's with warnings, etc, etc....
But how about the impartial Red Light Camera?
I know that in Brevard County, LEO's I talk with hate writing tickets with our economy in the crapper. A moving violation has a $169.00 fine, and higher for speeders. That is really tough to handle for a lot of folks these days. Even the "fix it tickets" went from $10.00 to $99.00! Many more warnings are being written nowadays than were a few years ago.
Most people think that tickets are big money makers for agencies, but that isn't really accurate. Out of a $169.00 fine, an agency will probably receive about $10.00, more or less.
Enter the impartial Red Light Camera.
No one in my agency or any of our municipal employees is exempt. Discretion is out the window. The only good aspect of this for a violator is that he or she won't receive any points against their driver record.
Out of the $150.00 fine, about 1/2 goes to the municipality or county. These are controversial $$$ makers and are catching on all around the state.
The cameras will, and are, being contested in courts and time will tell if they will be around awhile or not.
I thought of this tread because I received a couple of photos in the mail of my vette going past two unmanned .25 cent toll booths a few weeks ago in the Orlando area, and I didn't have any change. I had to mail back $3.75 for each one.
I haven't been nailed by the Red Light Camera Monster yet!
How about you or someone you know?