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Originally Posted by Master_Shake
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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Are you SERIOUS???
So you think there is nothing inherently dangerous in speeding or running a red light? How about the person who is coming through the intersection with the green light? you don't think you are endangering THEM when you run through the light going too fast? It is people who drive like you do that cause accidents at intersections all the time thinking that it is just fine to run red lights. You think that the only job for a police officer is to write you speeding tickets? WOW you are sadly misinformed. I would like to see you honestly try and justify your comment of "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." Really? HOW?
As far as eliminating taxes, where would you like to see the money that is used to build the roads you like to speed on come from? How about the military who help to make sure that you even HAVE a country to call home? Where should THEIR paychecks come from?
And sure, lets legalize drugs so the drug dealers can get every kid in America high so they can overdose and die, or become vegetables. I mean seriously WTF??