Upset and concerned about the current rhetoric and plans on red light/speed cameras

Had some free time at work, found a list of Alderpeople that support it and emailed all them.

Found the list here: http://www.citizenstoabolishredlightcameras.com/candidates-pledge.html 
Emailed that group too, why not - chicagocoalitionforchange@gmail.com

Chicago City Council Members who have signed a pledge to rid of the cameras. 

Bob Fioretti 2nd
Pat Dowell 3rd
Leslie Hairston 5th
Roderick Sawyer 6th
Anthony Beale 9th
Toni Fowlkes 16th

Emails: 

service@6thwardchicago.com

2ndwarddemorg@gmail.com

ward03@cityofchicago.org

LHairston@cityofchicago.org

ward09@cityofchicago.org

Toni.Foulkes@cityofchicago.org

My email to all them:

Subject: Support for Keeping and Improving Red Light/Speed Cameras

As a person who walks and bikes in Chicago, I want to express my concern your support to have red-light and speed cameras gone. 

I feel incredibly safer on our city streets and sidewalks (and studies back up that I should) with these cameras around. This is one of the few things the city government has done recently that I love, please don't take this away from us. 

Not only for the "people should follow the law" reasoning (if you break the law there should be consequences) but also I know that if I am hit my a driver while on my bike or when walking across the street (both things that have happened to me), one of these cameras is likely to capture the collision. 

There are better measures to improve the system and reduce monetary fines than just get rid of them.

Please, please, stop your support getting rid of these. It makes our city better and safer.

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Permalink Reply by Tom A.K. on March 20, 2015 at 9:41am
Permalink Reply by Renee Patten on March 20, 2015 at 2:02pm

Reminder to self: Avoid those intersections while on bike. 

Permalink Reply by Kris Hendry on March 21, 2015 at 12:41pm

I received 2 of these speed camera tickets by Senn Park this past winter. I feel it's nothing but a scam to get money. Some cities (like Houston) have completely stopped the Red Light/Speed Camera programs.

Permalink Reply by David P. on March 21, 2015 at 3:38pm

When you don't speed at least five over, you don't get speed-camera tickets. When you don't run red lights, you don't get red light tickets. It's not a scam, and it's really not that hard!

I got a red-light ticket once when I rolled a right on red in my convertible years ago. Yeah, it sucks to pay it, but there was nothing scam about it. I didn't stop on the red. I got a speed-camera ticket in another country a couple of years ago, same thing. I was going too fast.

Stop complaining and just....slow....down!

Permalink Reply by Far'arned Retrogrumpalunkus #63 on March 21, 2015 at 4:21pm

The fine for speeding should be $1 for the first mph over the limit, plus $10 for the second mph.  I'm not heartless and everyone makes mistakes.

For the third mph another $100 should be added to the previous $11.  For the fourth mph it should be another $1000.  For the fifth mph over anothrr zero is added to make it $10,000, and so on...

Permalink Reply by Anne Alt on March 22, 2015 at 5:01am

I got nailed by a red light camera once. Yes, it did suck to pay that big fine. It was also a big incentive NOT to do it again.

Permalink Reply by Yasmeen on March 22, 2015 at 5:15am

Me too Anne. :-)

Permalink Reply by Renee Patten on March 24, 2015 at 9:13am

Well, were you speeding?

Permalink Reply by Jordan M S on March 24, 2015 at 9:22am
Houston would. Talk about an anti-endorsement
Permalink Reply by Kris Hendry on March 21, 2015 at 3:54pm

david, perhaps we avid bike riders need a license plate added to our bikes? I don't see the point in issuing tickets for 6mph over the limit?? I know I pay quite a bit for my Honda Civic with my insurance, city sticker, parking lots, parking meters, ect......

Permalink Reply by Tom A.K. on March 22, 2015 at 12:51pm
Jeff asked, do we want to elect a candidate who doesn't have a platform?

Jeff , don't wonder, look back to the 2011 campaign by the mayor. He did the exact same thing.

An article from the Sun-Times by Dan Mihalopoulos from 3-18-15

The mayoral candidate just would not answer the questions. It is also an accurate description of how Rahm Emanuel responded to essentially the same questions before he was elected mayor four years ago.

At the time (2011), Emanuel also offered scant specifics on HIS platform !
Permalink Reply by Tom A.K. on March 22, 2015 at 1:46pm
http://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/7/71/448866/garcias-va...

Here's the article I referred to above that Rahm in 2011 also offered scant specifics on his platform.

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