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Re: LION on Metro North Collision |
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Posted by Broadway Lion on Sat Feb 7 11:02:08 2015, in response to Re: LION on Metro North Collision, posted by pragmatist on Sat Feb 7 08:50:54 2015. The proliferation of red light cameras is due to the fact that the company that installs and maintains them is the one that sends the tickets and collects the money. The locality with whom they contract gets a handsome percentage of the take.The RAILROAD can contract with such companies to protect their crossings, and garner a take from the camera company. They can ALSO send around the Railroad Police to speak to the vehicle owner, Spend a half an hour or more showing a video of wrecks and their human costs, and then serve him with a warning, that the next time their camera catches their car on an activated crossing he will receive a warrant for arrest as an accessory to the crime, and his car will be impounded as evidence. It may be a lot of bluster, with few active teeth, although some will have to bite in the papers to demonstrate the seriousness of the issue. Remember, that the traffic camera is NOT the only camera on the scene, and that the trains camera will catch a lower image of the vehicle and its passengers. If that shows a distraction, such as texting, then the RR police can make an arrest and bring the perp into court right then and there. Indeed, if an RR is going to go through all of the trouble of providing gates, with event recorders, they may as well add cameras looking right into the vehicles. All the traffic cam would do is to clue them it to look at their own resources. ROAR |
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