booooo yaaaaa! Photo Radar PRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRAAAAAISE THE LOOOOOOOORD! (how much, tax)

[dc1225]

YEAY! WE WIN ONE! THIS ONE'S FOR YOU GIPPER!

TAKE THAT SQUATTSDALE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL

check this out! I guess sensible people and politicians reside in Schaumburg, IL!!! Imagine that, a politician saying that it really wasn't improving safety! Truth be told.

Basically, it comes down to this. if you bich and moan and make a big enough stink, the city will take it down. Also, vote republican if you are not in favor of photo radar.




Schaumburg turns off red-light camera near Woodfield -- chicagotribune.com

Installing red-light cameras at busy intersections is a growth industry, but one northwest suburban community has pulled the plug on a highly profitable camera amid worries a premier shopping venue was getting a reputation as a ticket destination.

Located at Meacham and Woodfield Roads near Woodfield Mall, the camera raked in $1 million in fines for Schaumburg between November and January.

The tickets came in a flood, some 10,000 of them, almost all for drivers not stopping before turning right on red. At $100 a ticket, the village's coffers were overflowing.

But amid a flurry of complaints—some from scofflaws threatening never to shop again at the mall—the village recently decided to deactivate the camera, saying it wasn't improving safety that much anyway.

"We want to be as friendly to customers as we are to villagers, and continuing to enforce the right turn on red when it wasn't doing anything to improve public safety didn't make sense," said Village Manager Ken Fritz.

Although crashes at the intersection decreased while the cameras were rolling, the reduction was slight—from 10 before their installation to 7 during the same period after they were put up, officials said.

The camera, one of two at the intersection, can still capture drivers traveling straight through the intersection.

Schaumburg's deactivation request was the first for Red Speed Illinois, the Lombard company that has camera contracts with 51 Chicago-area municipalities.

"The fact that they did issue so many violations indicates that they do have a problem," said Red Speed spokeswoman Debra Beerup, adding that the village is considering installing cameras at several more intersections.

Schaumburg's decision isn't unprecedented. Two years ago, Bolingbrook turned a camera off after six months and dozens of complaints from residents. From November 2007 to May, 13,000 tickets and warnings were issued. The village collected $639,000 said Village Atty. James Boan.

Some of the complaints in Schaumburg came from drivers who thought the punishment didn't fit what they considered a minor infraction, said George Dunham, a trustee and member of the village's Public Safety Committee.

Other complaints, a bit nastier, were from drivers who said they "will never shop at Woodfield Mall again," Dunham said.

Alex Rodriguez, who works near the Schaumburg intersection, said the constant flashing of the camera prompted him to label it the "the blue light special." He said turning off the camera was the right thing to do. He hopes other cameras in the Chicago area are also deactivated.

But Robin Baran of Palatine disagreed, saying the camera was important for traffic safety. And she sees it as fair way to collect revenue.

[dc1225]

Bottom line is this....you can put this camera on any frigging street and you will find numerous violators, no doubt about it. "Law of Averages"....In America, traffic laws are there to be broken, no doubt about it. Breaking traffic laws are like anal sax, everybody does it but nobody talks about it/admits to it. But it's the principal of the matter. It is a money making operation milk cow operations. You say, "yes it improves safety" I say "yes, it's a money making operation" no matter how much the politicians tries to sugarcoat it! In essence, Gov. is giving citizens a tax break but then they takes it back double by adding these dumb cameras.

[Ponderosa]

Who cares? Post it over on that forum. Chicago sucks!

[dc1225]

exit stage left..yeah chicago weather does suck but so do you.

Ponderosa, i think sometimes you forget that just because you are older than a mapletree and live on this board 24/7, doesn't mean that you own this board. I, matter just as much, if not more than you. Now put your dentures back in and sit on that!