Would you like to get a ticket in the mail for running a red light two weeks after the fact, when you know someone else was driving your car? Most people would be furious if they received a ticket for running a red light even though they were not even driving the car at the time.
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III. Policy Reasons for supporting (or not supporting) the proposal -Social impacts/ Consequences of the proposal a) The people whom are suppose to receive may not even get the ticket [1]"Objections To Red Light Cameras | NMA." Objections To Red Light Cameras | NMA. Accessed September 23, 2015. http://www.motorists.org/red-light-cameras/objections. “Most governments using tickets cameras send out tickets via first class mail. There is no guarantee that the accused motorists will even receive the ticket. If motorist fail to pay, it is assumed that they did it o n purpose, and a warrant may be issued for their arrest.”
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“Meanwhile, some motorist are taking matters into their own hands. Various of dubious legality are sold to drivers to render traffic cameras ineffectual, including reflective sprays and polarized license-plate covers that promise to make the photos illegible.” -Financial/economics impacts/ Consequences of the proposal
a)Using the money from traffic light cameras to help budgets
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When cameras were first used in traffic lights it was in the 1960's, then as technology develop they went digital in the 1990's([3]). In today's world traffic light cameras are in use in over 100 communities in 20 states and the District of Columbia([3]). In addition, cameras are used to catch people speeding, which are in used in Britain and other countries other than the United States([3]). The camera's technology is simple with just a sensor that connects to the traffic signal or radar gun([3]). Traffic light cameras have been around for five and half decades. Since traffic
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Once the camera has read the license plates that are in the proximity of the patrol vehicle, it will then compared the license plate numbers to a database that contains the license plates numbers of vehicles that have been stolen; license plates numbers of vehicles that are associated with people who have active warrants; and license plates numbers of vehicles that are associated with people who have not paid traffic tickets among others (Lum et al., 2011, pg. 322). If the camera reads a license plate number and it matches to one of the license plate numbers that are within the database, it will then send an alert to notify the patrol officer, which will allow the patrol officer to visually identify the vehicle and further investigate the vehicle and the persons that are within the vehicle if any (Lum et al., 2011, pg. 322). The whole process of the camera identification, matching to the database, and notifying the officer only takes seconds (Lum et al., 2011, pg. 322).
see, making the driver unaware of their surrounding and giving them a higher risk of creating a
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Seeing no visible connection between the driver and the “unknown” object raises curiosity for other drivers. This “object” in my car also becomes a connector with others by being uncommon, the punctum for the automobile. After each drive out, after my return, I was noticing that I have captured always a few drivers, which are actually looking back to the lens. And some of these looks are very intensely analysing this object with unclear functionality, but also having something resembling a lens. Cameras around in urban spaces became a very common attribute, to which we started not to pay any attention. We know, that some drivers installing them in their cars to observe traffic in front and back of their vehicles. Capturing gazes back at the lens became a turning point of my
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