Another Reason Not to Have Red Light Cameras?
Published: July 27th, 2009
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From the Orlando Sentinel, [via TTAC commentator asickmf]:
A Sanford homicide suspect was arrested around midnight on Saturday when he ran a red light in Orlando.
Sanford police had been searching for Sergio Henderson after Robert J. Johnson, 37, was found dead near West 10th Street and Olive Avenue on Monday. Police believe there was a fight outside when the shooting occurred.
Henderson, 22, had just been released from prison on June 3. Since May of 2006 he had been serving time on offenses including battery on a law enforcement officer, burglary and vehicle theft.
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Lieber Herr Fritz, Wie spricht ein I, das dieses lesen soll, wenn ich nicht tun, Deutsches? For not speaking German your writing isn't half bad! I believe that most of this forum's readers have enough grey matter to be able to click on the article link and figure out from numbers and German state names how much some states earned from photo radar in 2008. Perhaps you might try a handy internet tool like a German dictionary or translator? Examples: http://www.leo.org/ http://www.freetranslation.com/ Alles Gute!
As much as I dislike cameras, I have to agree that the issues of cameras and of using traffic stops to catch criminals are separate. One reason that we have so many traffic laws, including some rules that don't seem to make much sense, is because cops want legally valid excuses to have probable cause to stop us (including some constitutionally debatable ones.) The law basically requires that we be left alone unless we have been suspected of doing something, and this plethora of laws gives them something for which we can be suspected. While most traffic stops don't result in serious criminals being caught, most of the criminals who are caught are caught because of traffic stops. I'm supposing that this guy would have been pulled over, anyway, camera or not.