I had an engineer come by to talk to me today about a project we are working on, and then we got to talking about other things. We got on the subject of red-light cameras. I mentioned how the City of Portland doesn’t make any money on tickets from the cameras. Because a city our size is prohibited by state law from running our own courts, all traffic tickets go through the county court system. So, any money left after the contractor (who operates the program) has been paid, pretty much goes to the state and county. People are always surprised by this information.
This engineer was no exception. He thought that supported his stance, which is that all red light cameras should be removed at once. He willingly admits that his opinion is colored by the fact that he recently received a ticket in the mail from a red light camera. He is also convinced that they cause more rear-end accidents, but grants that they perhaps reduce t-bone accidents.
His parting observation was that we always hear how these cameras are loved and adored by people, but if that is the case, he would like to know why they are always housed in bulletproof, armor encased, housing?
Got to love those engineers!!
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