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Posted: Nov. 16 2007,4:07 pm |
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Here Come$ Photo Radar
ARIZONA - Click, click! Flash, flash! Those dreaded photo radar devices are now subbing for live patrol officers on Arizona highways. The Arizona Department of Public Safety just held a press conference yesterday to show the new safety (and major revenue-producing) vehicles to the public and within the day, the vehicles began their photo $$$napping. Forget any special warning benefit. Motorists caught speeding will find a ticket shortly in the mail. The vehicles used are hybrid Ford Escapes and DPS Director Roger Vanderpool said Arizona becomes the first state-level law enforcement agency in the U.S. to administer a photo enforcement program. (He’s incorrect - Illinois began operating freeway ticket vans on May 19, 2006.) Governor Janet Napolitano signed a bill earlier this year after success on the Interstate going through Scottsdale (With only six freeway cameras, Scottsdale issued 110,962 tickets worth $17 million between January and October 2006.)
There was a safety negative to the Scottsdale photo radar - “The Newspaper” reports there was a 54% increase in rear-end collisions and a 9% increase in injuries from rear-end collisions as a result of the cameras' use Vanderpool says “This program is not designed to replace officers. It cannot catch the impaired driver. It cannot catch the fatigued driver. It cannot catch the driver smuggling dope - but it is a useful tool that can help us.” Photo radar locations on Arizona highways, including Interstate roads like I-40 will not be disclosed. Tickets will vary in cost, but will be about $185 and up. The citations will be mailed to the violator’s address.
The Arizona Department of Transportation reveals the state has more than 6,800 miles of highways, plus ramps and frontage roads. Redflex Traffic Systems, a private vendor based in Scottsdale, will provide the vehicles, technology and manpower for the program at a cost of $4,000 per month per vehicle. This pilot program is contracted for two years.
The bottom line is millions will be added to the state’s coffers. Slow down, watch out, and smile for the camera. 
So Cal Old Crew
No trees were killed in the sending of this message.
However a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced.
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