Red light Camera bill in House Rules Committee! (Chicago, Springfield: 2009, insurance)

[getchris]

A bill sponsored by Kenneth Dunkin, 5th district Representative, is in Rules committee now. It states that all intersections with red light cameras should have yellow lights lasting from 3 to 6 seconds. We know darn well Chicago has yellow lights at these intersections set for less than 3 seconds. Please write the Sponsor and the 5 Representatives on the Rules Committee for House Bill: HB3713 and encourage them to not delay this any longer and to quickly pass this to force Chicago to be decent about yellow light time settings.

House Sponsor for bill HB3713:

Representative Kenneth Dunkin (D)
5th District

Springfield Office:
278-S Stratton Office Building
Springfield, IL 62706
2177824535
District Office:
1543 North Wells Street
Chicago, IL 60610
3122660340

Members of Rules Committee for HB3713

Representative Barbara Flynn Currie (D)
25th District
Majority Leader

Springfield Office:
300 Capitol Building
Springfield, IL 62706
2177828121
District Office:
1303 E. 53rd Street
Chicago, IL 60615
7736670550

Representative William B. Black (R)
104th District
Deputy Republican Leader

Springfield Office:
314 Capitol Building
Springfield, IL 62706
2177824811

District Office:
7 E. Fairchild
Danville, IL 61832
2174311986

Representative Lou Lang (D)
16th District
Deputy Majority Leader

Springfield Office:
109 Capitol Building
Springfield, IL 62706
2177821252

District Office:
4121 Main Street
Skokie, IL 60076
8476731131

Representative Timothy L. Schmitz (R)
49th District
Deputy Republican Leader

Springfield Office:
224-N Stratton Office Building
Springfield, IL 62706
2177825457

District Office:
127 Hamilton Street
Suite D
Geneva, IL 60134
6308459590

Representative Arthur L. Turner (D)
9th District
Deputy Majority Leader

Springfield Office:
300 Capitol Building
Springfield, IL 62706
2177828116

District Office:
3849 W. Ogden Avenue
Chicago, IL 60623
7732774700

[Drover]

A good start. Let's add an amendment that says every cent of revenue generated by these cameras over and above the operating and reasonable administrative costs goes into the state general education fund. Then we'll find out if these things are about safety like they claim or if they're really about revenue.

[Avengerfire]

Kenneth Dunkin is a moron. This is not the first time this jamoke has sponsored some idiotic bill.

[trailerguy]

I'm not familiar with Mr Dunkin, but this bill seems like a good idea. People are getting fed up with all these traps to get more money out of us. Charging a $100 fine at an intersection with a 3-second yellow light is outrageous.

[loudes13]

Dunkin could be a moron but it's pretty clear Avenge is one.

<3 second yellow lights only exist to fleece more money from citizens.

6 Cities That Were Caught Shortening Yellow Light Times For Profit

[Fighter 1]

Originally Posted by Drover

A good start. Let's add an amendment that says every cent of revenue generated by these cameras over and above the operating and reasonable administrative costs goes into the state general education fund. Then we'll find out if these things are about safety like they claim or if they're really about revenue.

If your camera's are the same as in California there is no administrative cost involved the contract with private company's to install them and collect the fines then they (the co. ) send a check to the city for a % of the profit. rather then be worried about the time of the yellow light , worry that the company charging you does not have the legal right to be doing this and any fool can beat the action if they take it to court. You just need to demand that a verified complaint be filed , I would really like to see the camers talking in court !!

[Avengerfire]

Originally Posted by loudes13

Dunkin could be a moron but it's pretty clear Avenge is one...

He MIGHT be a moron? What planet are you from?

This died in committee BTW.

"An Illinois state lawmaker is proposing that gun owners be required to carry personal liability insurance of at least $1 million.

Rep. Kenneth Dunkin's bill seeks to amend the state's Firearm Owners Identification Card Act to provides that any person who owns a firearm in the state maintain a $1 million or higher policy of liability insurance "specifically covering any damages resulting from negligent or willful acts involving the use of such firearm while it is owned by such person.

A gun owner would be responsible after a firearm is lost or stolen until the loss or theft is reported to the police department or sheriff of the jurisdiction in which the owner resides...""

Illinois Bill Would Require Gun Owners to Buy $1M in Liability Insurance


Get back to work for your money grubing party.I can see right through your b.s.

[Drover]

Originally Posted by Fighter 1

If your camera's are the same as in California there is no administrative cost involved the contract with private company's to install them and collect the fines then they (the co. ) send a check to the city for a % of the profit. rather then be worried about the time of the yellow light , worry that the company charging you does not have the legal right to be doing this and any fool can beat the action if they take it to court. You just need to demand that a verified complaint be filed , I would really like to see the camers talking in court !!

It's already gone as high as the federal circuit level (7th Circuit here), which has given these stupid things their stamp of approval. The USSC has better things to do, so the appeals court ruling is going to stand.

[Fighter 1]

Originally Posted by Drover

It's already gone as high as the federal circuit level (7th Circuit here), which has given these stupid things their stamp of approval. The USSC has better things to do, so the appeals court ruling is going to stand.

Well They can give it their statm ,but when a case goes to court and that person does the process that i have put togather demanding the verified complaint all the cases go away , they are dismissed . Why?? because at that point when you have Demanded your constitutional rights they can not be ignored. Again I ask have you ever seen a camera speak in a court of Law. ???

[Drover]

Your legal reasoning is so absurd that I don't even know where to begin. The notice comes from the city, not from a private company. There's your "verified" complaint. A camera "speak in a court of law?" What the hell are you talking about? The camera is there to gather evidence, not to take the witness stand.