The person who pays their salaries or something?
The city of Redmond, Washington decided last week that it had no intention of putting the issue of red light cameras and speed cameras to a vote of the people. The mayor refuses to transmit the completed petition signatures for an initiative on the topic to the county auditor, despite a state law that sets a three-day deadline for the city administration to do so. On Tuesday, Redmond police released data that show accidents have increased since at the photo enforced locations since the program started in February.
You’re just a taxpayer. Why should you get a say in how laws are enforced?
Yah, there’s a a few folks ’round here that are a little bent with that. Hmm… Red-light-running is down, but rear-end collisions at same intersections is up. Sure, sound like a great success! Let’s ignore the will of the people and continue with the revenue-generator. I’m just outside of Redmond proper, so these cameras affect me, but I can’t vote on it; bummer. I bet it’ll be on more than one voter-pamphlet page next fall.
RN:
Take a video camera and film a complete cycle of each camera traffic light. Then count the number of frames the lights are yellow.
If they allowed the company that installed the cameras to adjust the light, you can bet that they all have yellow light durations that are too short to meet statute.
File a complaint with the Washington state traffic engineer for each light. Each light with an unresolved complaint cannot be used in court as evidence of an infraction.
I have a scoped 7mm Remington Magnum and I enjoy long range target practice on city provided targets of opportunity that interfere with my God given, Constitutionally assured rights and liberty.
Armageddon Rex
A.Rex,
I highly recommend 140 gr. Barnes “X” solid copper bullets. They’ll hold together a bit better than traditional jacketed rounds as they pierce the camera’s housing.
Go to a .300 Win Mag though, and some nice mil-surp armor piercing bullets come onto the scene. Just be careful of what’s behind the cameras in both instances.
Personally, I’d be tempted to use tracer, fired from about 200~300 yds in the camera’s field of view. Might be a frame or three to show it’s impending (and well deserved) fate!
Fortunately, Houston dumped the cameras via voter referendum and subsequent city council concurence. That though, only after a very convoluted and politic-riddled process.
Oh, and don’t forget to “bing” (a pox on google’s house!) views of the burning tire treatment on the “Gatso” cameras in Britain!
Looks like great fun. Hope some folks try it ’round here!
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
I remember reading an article about a guy who took a nice high-powered laser pointer and telescopic sight and built a pretty effective device for burning out the CCD chip in those cameras.
@emdfl:
In today’s environment with Homeland Security goons gone wild I’m not sure who would face a bigger fine and more time in the slammer, me when my deer rifle accidentally discharges during cleaning and takes out the camera, or the terrorist fellow with the coherent light weapon of mass destruction.
Armageddon Rex