REDFLEX and SafeLight and SafeSpeed can all go to hell
Backstory before I start this post: Lafayette has installed speed and red light camera at big intersections in town to try and reduce the number of people speeding and running red lights. I, personally, hate it. Below will explain why:
So I got a ticket in the mail for running a red light. Except I didn't run a red light. I turned right on a red light. And got a 125.00 DOLLAR ticket in the mail because I didn't come to a 3 second stop.
I'm so annoyed. 125.00 for not coming to a complete 3 second stop. 1.5 seconds...not good enough. Your car stops moving totally...not good enough. You MUST come to a three second stop in order for it to be a REAL stop.
To make it worse, the light turned red as I was in the middle of making my turn. Which means it was still yellow when i started turning. So i shouldn't get a ticket in the first place.
The Lafayette Consolidated Government okay Redflex to come in and claim 47% of the profit. I probably wouldn't be so pissed if I knew that my fine was going to provide the city with another 125 dollars that would allow them to hire more freaking cops that could do the camera job. But it doesn't. Lafayette City-Parish gets 53% of the fine. That means $66.25 is going to the city and $58.75 is going to a privately owned company that is so shady it's been deemed illegal in several US States.
UGGHHH!
That's it. Every Tuesday I will now be attending City-Parish Council meetings. I'm so done letting these stupid assholes walk all over the people of this city and parish without letting the citizens have their say in what goes on.
How did this pass through the legislature without being an issue? You know the sad thing...they said it would help decrease traffic accidents. It did reduce about 15% of front and side collisions.
But rear end collisions are up 15% because everyone slams on their brakes so they don't speed though a speed light or run a red light.
Way to go Lafayette...
So I got a ticket in the mail for running a red light. Except I didn't run a red light. I turned right on a red light. And got a 125.00 DOLLAR ticket in the mail because I didn't come to a 3 second stop.
I'm so annoyed. 125.00 for not coming to a complete 3 second stop. 1.5 seconds...not good enough. Your car stops moving totally...not good enough. You MUST come to a three second stop in order for it to be a REAL stop.
To make it worse, the light turned red as I was in the middle of making my turn. Which means it was still yellow when i started turning. So i shouldn't get a ticket in the first place.
The Lafayette Consolidated Government okay Redflex to come in and claim 47% of the profit. I probably wouldn't be so pissed if I knew that my fine was going to provide the city with another 125 dollars that would allow them to hire more freaking cops that could do the camera job. But it doesn't. Lafayette City-Parish gets 53% of the fine. That means $66.25 is going to the city and $58.75 is going to a privately owned company that is so shady it's been deemed illegal in several US States.
UGGHHH!
That's it. Every Tuesday I will now be attending City-Parish Council meetings. I'm so done letting these stupid assholes walk all over the people of this city and parish without letting the citizens have their say in what goes on.
How did this pass through the legislature without being an issue? You know the sad thing...they said it would help decrease traffic accidents. It did reduce about 15% of front and side collisions.
But rear end collisions are up 15% because everyone slams on their brakes so they don't speed though a speed light or run a red light.
Way to go Lafayette...