Our Traffic Light Hero
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[–][deleted] 8 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 0 fun9 insightful - 0 fun9 insightful - 1 fun - 4 years ago (10 children)
My friend caught this same thing happening in his city, fought his mom's ticket and got them to increase the yellow timing. They were violating their own guidelines for the timing on that light of course.
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[–][deleted] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun - 4 years ago (8 children)
I think lobbyists from tech companies talk cities into this, and once they get 1 month of increased revenue, there's no going back. The tech companies have very slick sales pitches- costs you nothing, we'll do all the work, it makes your city safer, etc. etc.
And they're all connected to the Military Industrial Complex, so this is the militarization of cities, like the militarization of police.
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I got a red light ticket a few years back... $550 or so, and it costs more for poor people who need a payment plan! I was mad, but it was justly my own fault and the yellow was plenty long, so I didn't try to fight it.
Why the city thinks that much money is an appropriate punishment though, that's the question.
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[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun - 4 years ago (4 children)
Oh, that'd be a dirty trick, random times for the lights. I think it's all about generating revenue for the city, which is a perversion of criminal justice.
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