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My opinion on this issue has changed recently, and I'm going to post in defense of traffic cameras.
I proceed with the following underlying assumptions.
First, we have to recognize that the vast majority of traffic laws are made and designed to raise revenue. There's nothing inherently evil or unsafe about speeding for example, but local municipalities make a boatload of cash off of ticketing violators.
Second, if there weren't cameras at these intersections then police officers would be employed to routinely monitor them and be expected to issue tickets to justify their jobs.
With these assumptions in mind I see traffic cameras as a positive. By removing the power and likelihood of cops pulling you over for running a red light we are actually restoring privacy rights, rather than removing them. I'd much rather just get the ticket in the mail than have to deal with some pig fuck for 10 minutes while he lectures me on the importance of road safety. Go fuck your mother copper, I'll run through red lights all I want. Send me your fucking ticket so I can pay my road maintenance fees and stop fucking with me.
Red light cameras > pig cops. Every cop left unemployed because his stupid fucking job is now obsolete thanks to a red light camera is a win for privacy and human rights.
Now don't get me wrong, I'd much prefer these local municipalities to go pound sand and stop with the bullshit annoyance crimes enforcement alltogether. I'd also like to see drugs legalized, taxes eliminated, and prostitution encouraged as a legitimate vocation, but that shit ain't gonna happen, so I'll take what I can get.
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You know something, I don't think the sun even... exists... in this place. 'Cause I've been up for hours, and hours, and hours, and the night never ends here.
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