AZFords’s Comments

• Sep 16th, 2009 @ 7:39am

  Re: Re: Re: This discussion is demagogy in its best

  on Arizona Dumping Redflex Cameras... But Giving Redflex An Award For Innovation?
  Well put, Yosi. For all those who are referencing articles, here is a good set of research from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety: http://www.iihs.org/research/qanda/rlr.html
• Sep 16th, 2009 @ 7:10am

  Article is Wrong! (Continued)

  on Arizona Dumping Redflex Cameras... But Giving Redflex An Award For Innovation?
  Since I'm on a roll here, why not offer up more of my AZ opinion. I have heard, and read above, the complaint that and automated system cannot replace our rights (reference to constitution and amendments). What people need to step back and realize is: 1. The technology only enforces the laws that have been in place for decades. It does not infringe on your rights any more than an officer pulling you over. 2. This technology did not exist when these documents were written, so therefore it could not have possibly been addressed. The only way that someone could accurately be accused of a crime in 1776 was to have an officer witness the crime taking place. 3. These cameras have the potential to free up law enforcement officers for fighting more severe criminal activity.
  
  On another note, I have heard the argument that these cameras invade your privacy. Hehe, this is the most humorous of them all. It's a public road. DUH!!!
  
  Basically, the uproar over the system as a whole is that people are pissed off that law enforcement has finally acquired the tools to help them do their job more efficiently and more people are getting caught!!! It just infuriates some that now they can't break the law as much as they used to without getting caught. What is the world coming to????