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Letter to Police re: Red Light Cameras  A rant by: boehrhimself I wrote a letter to the Winnipeg Police Service a little while ago asking them why, in my opinion, their website presents so little information about the effectiveness of red light cameras. Have you seen the site? http://www.winnipeg.ca/police/safestreets/ Most people I know seem to hate red light cameras out of personal experience or on principle alone. So, if red light cameras really DO save lives, shouldn't there be some sort of campaign to educate the public? I did some of my own research, browsing through scientific journals via the U of M online database. There is a lot of information out there for anyone who wants to find out for themselves. I wrote about the whole thing on my blog, including my letter and the Police's reply. See http://boehr.wordpress.com/2008/03/06/red-light-cameras/ << Back Add a Comment Comments ( Add a Comment ) Trafficticketguru says: 2008-12-30 11:44:33 To learn the truth about photo enforcement and how it penalizes good drivers and allows bad drivers to remain un-punished, come to my web site www.trafficticketguru.com As a former traffic officer in Winnipeg let me open your eyes to the truth and how you can successfully fight these tickets. fedupwinnipeg says: 2009-03-20 14:04:16 Well I hope you can swear on this website cause i am really pissed off. If they are redlight cameras why the f*** deos it always give me a speeding ticket. A f***ing camera gives me a ticket?? What the f*** is that? How about we put a camera in everyones house to make sure they are pissing correctly. The vast majority of these cameras are catching people for harmlessly speeding, while cops are sitting on their asses in the f***ing coffee shops. I can travel perfectly safe at 64km in a 50km zone, much safer than some asshole who doesn't use his turn signal, or some grandpa going 30km Winnipeg is a s***ty city to begin with and then you add these f***ing cameras, so the government can can line their own pockets and the police can f*** the dog just a little bit more. Dont they get enough money already from taxing the f*** out of us. Im not a fast driver, I am not dangerous on the road, very alert and respond quickly in any situation, yey I get a $190 fine for going 64km in a 50km zone. Even though it was a 60km only seconds before. How can one afford this, I need to take a second mortgage out on the house, or start taking the f***ing bus to drive in this city. This is just another reason why I am moving to a new city very soon. Government, is making winnipeg a s***ty place to live, oh "the heart of the continent"...ya right, "the f***in s***hole of the continent" is more like it...I tear all those f***in tickets up anyways, god damn it. |
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Agreed boehrhimself... But perhaps the city thinks we don't want this information. If this is the case (which I suspect) then all it would take to solve this is if enough of us wrote letters to the city asking many of the same questions you've asked. The city should really feel its necessary to publicize the information it uses when it makes decisions with our tax dollars. I think I'll write one too.