Re: Speed cameras coming to CA? Yes, if this bill passes!

On Wed, 05 Mar 2008 11:52:08 -0800, David Nebenzahl
<nobody@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

>On 3/5/2008 1:45 AM Graham Harrison spake thus:
>
>> "Ed" <editor@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
>>
news:b5912483-1fb1-43bd-b41e-13799c3fa19f@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>> California Senate Bill 1325 was introduced on Feb. 20 and if it passes
>>> will allow SPEED camera tickets - also known as photo radar tickets -
>>> to be mailed to you.   The bill could also allow stop sign camera
>>> tickets.
>>>
>>> The first hearing on this bill will be this month (March), by
>>> the Senate Trans****tation Committee in Sacramento.
>> 
>> Would you please explain why you are opposed to these cameras? 
>
>Yes; why do you *assume* that everyone's opposed to them? I'm not.
>
>You speed, you lose.

One very good reason to oppose them is because they may not always be
accurate. Check out this radar speed sign in my neighborhood that was
wigging out a while back:

http://blip.tv/file/611844

If a malfunctioning speed camera nails you, good luck proving your
innocence. Even if you don't speed, you still lose.