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We just moved down to Charlotte and noticed a lot of people are rolling through red lights. Do they not have red light cameras in this part of the state? It's a little nerve racking so we are just curious if that's the norm.
Red light cameras or not - the safest thing to do after your light turns green is look both ways.
No doubt. A freight truck ran a red light at Idlewild and Independence years ago, and when it crossed the front of my car it was so close I couldn't see the light from my headlights on it. Had I moved another two feet it would have destroyed my car, and probably me.
I don't understand why the red light cameras were shut down.
No doubt. A freight truck ran a red light at Idlewild and Independence years ago, and when it crossed the front of my car it was so close I couldn't see the light from my headlights on it. Had I moved another two feet it would have destroyed my car, and probably me.
I don't understand why the red light cameras were shut down.
There was a threat of lawsuit against the city and I believe the city turned them off to avoid litigation.
The company who had supplied them free to the city was poised to make a killing on profits from every ticket written.
"City officials in Charlotte and Fayetteville, N.C., recently turned off all of their red light cameras, concluding that a state law diverting much of the revenue they generate in fines to schools meant their general funds were actually losing money, NBC affiliate WNCN of Raleigh reported."
Here's more reading as to what happened. Hard to believe it's been 6 years since they were turned off.
[SIZE=2]"The city of Charlotte, North Carolina yesterday suspended its red light camera and speed camera program in the wake of a May 16 state appeals court decision that ruled ninety percent of photo ticket proceeds had to be directed to the state school system, and not into the city's coffers and the pockets of a private vendor."
There was a threat of lawsuit against the city and I believe the city turned them off to avoid litigation.
The company who had supplied them free to the city was poised to make a killing on profits from every ticket written.
Sounds like another monumentally stupid decision was made by the city. Then, rather than renegotiate to more sensible terms, or change the laws, we just turned them off. Brilliant.
Sounds like another monumentally stupid decision was made by the city. Then, rather than renegotiate to more sensible terms, or change the laws, we just turned them off. Brilliant.
The law WAS changed. Originally 20 cities had exemptions to the revenue pie but the general assembly overturned it. This was done in Raleigh and was not a city decision.
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