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-Cp
01-22-2009, 02:21 PM
http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/local/articles/2009/01/22/20090122pinalradar0122.html

Let's hope this sort of action continues around the country!

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Pinal County supervisors Wednesday bid goodbye to photo enforcement.

Their vote to terminate their contract with Redflex, the company that operates the cameras, came at the recommendation of the county's top law-enforcement official, new Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu.

"I'm against photo speed enforcement completely," Babeu said, walking the three-member panel through a detailed PowerPoint presentation. "Here in Pinal, it's failed miserably."

Babeu said speed cameras created dangerous road conditions and offered little financial benefit for the county. He plans to boost traffic enforcement through additional manpower.

Although Pinal County's contract with Redflex wasn't set to expire until Feb. 20, two mobile speed cameras have not been in operation on Pinal roads since Babeu took office Jan. 1.

The speed vans had been roadside in some of Pinal's most populous areas, including Apache Junction, Gold Canyon and unincorporated areas near Queen Creek, since mid-2007.


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Little-Acorn
01-22-2009, 02:27 PM
In addition to the safety concerns, Babeu said that a good reason to discontinue the cameras, was that they don't make enough money for the county.

Public officials had better be a lot more careful with such truth-telling, than this guy has been. If people start realizing what the real reason for most such regulations are, they might just start tossing those folks out of office and putting in people who think government should have a different purpose.

Can't have that.

Noir
01-22-2009, 04:08 PM
what's the point in having laws of they are not going to be enforced?

5stringJeff
01-23-2009, 08:44 PM
what's the point in having laws of they are not going to be enforced?

Indeed. I say, either increase the speed limits, or enforce them with real live cops.