| Re: Arizona budget banking on speeders [message #791894] |
Tue, 22 January 2008 02:07 |
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Speeders & Drunk Drivers are MURDERERS wrote:
>Ashton Crusher <demi [at] moore.net> wrote in
>news:oab4p3d103e9dq29i2sjsakqnadn47uo6m [at] 4ax.com:
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>> Arizona budget banking on speeders By PAUL DAVENPORT, Associated Press
>> Writer
>> Sat Jan 19, 6:57 AM ET
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>> PHOENIX - Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano says the deployment of new
>> photo radar or other speed enforcement technology on state highways is
>> all about public safety. But her proposed state budget counts on the
>> anticipated speeding fines to help erase a projected revenue
>> shortfall.
>>
>> The proposal, submitted to the Legislature late Friday, anticipates
>> $120 million in revenue the first year, including $90 million in net
>> income after expenses from the statewide effort. Even bigger dollar
>> amounts are expected in future years.
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>> The state faces a projected revenue shortfall of at least $1.2 billion
>> in the fiscal year that starts July 1.
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>> While some states use photo radar and similar technology on a limited
>> basis in areas such as construction zones, experts said Arizona is in
>> the vanguard of moving toward a widespread deployment of speed
>> technology on highways.
>>
>> "It wasn't designated primarily for revenue generation but since we
>> have it (and) it works, we want to move statewide," Napolitano said.
>> "We made that decision before the whole budget issue arose. Now we
>> take advantage of it and use it for law enforcement highway safety
>> purposes."
>>
>> The governor's budget aides said Friday they could not immediately
>> provide details on assumptions used to project the revenue estimate,
>> including the numbers of expected violations.
>>
>> Napolitano's plan needs approval by the Republican-led Legislature,
>> and one key lawmaker expressed immediate opposition.
>>
>> "I don't know whether Arizonans want to be policed by cameras," said
>> Senate Transportation Chairman Ron Gould, adding that he plans
>> legislation to require that voters decide the issue. "It smacks of Big
>> Brother to me."
>>
>> Proposals calling for even limited use of cameras have run into
>> opposition in some states.
>>
>> Maryland's transportation secretary on Tuesday told lawmakers that
>> cameras in highway work zones would improve worker safety and reduce
>> accidents, but lawmakers raised concerns on privacy, effectiveness and
>> motive.
>>
>> Arizona Automobile Association spokeswoman Linda Gorman said the
>> 750,000-member group representing drivers supports photo radar as a
>> way to improve traffic safety but not to help balance the state
>> budget.
>>
>> A year ago, Napolitano cited results from suburban Scottsdale's use of
>> fixed cameras on a stretch of state freeway when she directed the
>> state Department of Public Safety to begin researching the possible
>> use of new speed enforcement devices.
>>
>> An Arizona State University professor who studied the Scottsdale
>> project found that it reduced speeding and accident rates. That system
>> uses sensors embedded in the freeway to trigger cameras that snap
>> photos of speeding vehicles. Motor vehicle records are checked to find
>> the vehicles' owners, ultimately leading to citations for identified
>> drivers.
>>
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>OK with me. Speeders are kid killers and kid kripplers and i wish they'd
>increase the fines 10 fold!!! Caught doing 50 in a 35 zone - cost you
>$2,000. Don't like it? Then obey the law.
If we passed a law requiring all individuals who posted into usenet
with the nym "Speeders And Drunk Drivers Are Murderers" to kill
themselves, would you obey that law?
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Sarcasm is my sword
Apathy is my shield
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| Re: Arizona budget banking on speeders [message #791921 ] |
Tue, 22 January 2008 03:18 |
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Murderous Speeding Drunken Distracted Driver (Hector Goldstein):
<< reply limited to r.a.d >>
> Speeders & Drunk Drivers are MURDERERS wrote:
<< snip >>
> >OK with me. Speeders are kid killers and kid kripplers and i wish they'd
> >increase the fines 10 fold!!! Caught doing 50 in a 35 zone - cost you
> >$2,000. Don't like it? Then obey the law.
>
> If we passed a law requiring all individuals who posted into usenet
> with the nym "Speeders And Drunk Drivers Are Murderers" to kill
> themselves, would you obey that law?
SFB would obey that law like it obeys speed limits in school zones. IOW,
it would totally ignore the law.
OTOH, I sure wouldn't mind *enforcing* that law! :-D
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Speeders And Drunk Drivers Are MURDERERS supports the troops again:
"Screw that 'he's just doing his job' justification. That's what the
nazi guards said. And that's what our child-torturing troops in iraq
say."
Speeders And Drunk Drivers Are MURDERERS
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1/7/2007, 1118 hours.
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