Chicago alderman wants drivers to run more red lights

Farhad Manjoo says:

I just posted an item in Salon about a crazy Chicago Alderman who wants to ban a new radar detector that alerts drivers to red-light cameras. He's afraid that if people can learn about upcoming cameras, they will -- you know -- stop at the red lights. And if people stop at the lights, Chicago will lose all the fine money. That's really his reason. He wants people to run through red lights so that the city doesn't lose money.

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[#1 posted by Anonymous , January 24, 2009 3:21 AM]

Cameras were initially to be used for preventing or capturing crime but it soon turned to be a moneymaker. Chicago and Illinois use to be a friendly place to live but with all of the cameras and endless entrance and exit tolls not to mention 2 tolls in a 30mile distance has gotten to be quite frustrating. Yet the mayor can come out and say with a straight face that there is no money to plow the streets. I recently drove from arizona to chicago and only paid 1 toll in oklahoma and about 2 in missouri. The mayor, governor and the government of illinois have gotten to be more than pathetic. And be careful with the white secret squirrel van that will snap a pic. PATHETIC I TELL YOU.