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Red-Light cameras-love em or hate em?

Submitted by LiveCLEVELAND on Fri, 05/15/2009 - 1:10pm
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The City of Cleveland has red-light cameras located throughout its neighborhood streets. This mechanism has sparked controversy in the past and started numerous debates on its value and merit. Advocates argue these red light cameras promote safe and cautious driving and contribute to improved safety statistics. Opponents say it is strictly a revenue producing initiative by local municipalities. Good or bad, these cameras contribute to the perception of Cleveland by both its residents and visitors. More communities in NEO are now pursuing this concept. What do you think?

speed cameras

Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 05/18/2009 - 12:45pm.
Hate them! They should put them on residential streets where it's actually dangerous to go 35 mph. Instead they put them on major thoroughfares where the average speed is 40 even though the signs say 25. The result: every car that passes by gets a ticket. (That is unless the driver has ninja-like eyesight and reflexes!) I live in Cleveland and barely know anyone who HASN'T got one of those blasted tickets. I don't think it's right to fine people for going about their normal ruitine. (Yes, the ruitine is illegal.. but when they've been doing it for five years along with everyone else... isn't it about time to increase the speedlimit, not arbitrarily start enforcing it?) Of course, if you only fined people who were actually doing something dangerous you'd make about 5 cents on the dollar. But, personally, I'd be willing to give up some incremental tax increase in order to get rid of those cameras. I think it would be a more fair way of taking people's money.

Speed Cameras

Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 08/24/2009 - 8:55pm.
I completely agree with you. I know a businessman who lives and works in Cleveland who received 6 tickets before he knew about the cameras due to the 3 week delay in receiveing the first one. $600!! I think what they need to do is only give tickets to people who live outside of cleveland, or maybe cuyahoga county. The revenue must be good and I think it is smart of them not to apply points, but nonetheless we should not be overzalous and be reasonable in how we punish our hardworking businessman who frequent the likes of Carnegie, Chester, and W. 25th

Or they could keep them and

Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 08/24/2009 - 8:58pm.
Or they could keep them and just raise the speed limit on chester and carnegie and w 25th to something more reasonable...

speed cameras

Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 07/07/2009 - 10:01am.
It seems many people get upset with these cameras. But think about it - speed limits have always been in place. Now there is just a more efficient way to catch the speeders. If you don't want a speeding ticket, just slow down and drive th eposted limit. How hard is that? When we see a police car on the side of the freeway, we slow down, don't we? Now we just need to do the same for these cameras.

Speed camera

Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 09/15/2009 - 5:56pm.
Speed limits are for safety of the public not revenue of the city. The issue is that the speed limit is to slow. The other problem is the cameras are not accurate and the city is relying on the fact that people will not take the time to fight the tickets. They were also put in place By Mayor Jane Campbell to increase revenue for the city.