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Red Light Camera Protest in Bridgeton, Missouri

Published on Aug 16, 2012 by thenewsurvivalist

August 16, 2012 patriot activists meet on a busy Red Light Camera intersection in Bridgeton, Missouri to wave signs in protest of Red Light Cameras. Visit WrongOnRed.com for more information on how Red Light Cameras violate your rights and increase accidents and injuries at the intersections in which they are employed. See Related Video: "Survival Doc Addresses Bridgeton, MO City Council Meeting Regarding Red Light Cameras" at http://youtu.be/GwLQjuu6eC4
 

NoMO Red Light Traffic Cameras

1984kennycool

Missouri Citizens Take Action Against Unconstitutional Red Light Traffic Cameras.

Quote:

What do you get when you mix shady business practices with public safety?

GREED CAMERAS!

Take the Power Back.

(Ban the Cams:  peaceful prostest of RLC in MO).

http://www.facebook.com/#!/events/480459395298946/
 
Red Light Scamera Protest
Public Event · By Kenny Cool, Jay Zvirgzdins and Zac Cole
 

Thursday, August 2, 2012
11:00am until 2:00pm in CDT
 The Corner of Lynn Haven Ln & Lindbergh Blvd - Florissant 63031

 Join us in the fight for our rights!

This is the perfect opportunity to:
- Stand up against corporate tyranny and lies.
- Shoot video and take photos for blogs and websites.
- Meet like minded freedom lovers.
- Share the truth.

http://www.app.com/article/20110713/NJOPINION03/307130012/INGLE-Red-light-camera-poll-seems-more-like-sales-pitch

(Ban the Cams note:  If the Public really "supports" traffic cameras, THAN  WHY ARE THE VENDORS Denying Democracy  (like in Houston)????  Why do they have in some of their RLC contracts provisions allowing them to SUE VOTERS (like in Bellingham, WA)?????  Why are the VENDORS TRYING TO PREVENT THE PUBLIC FROM VOTING (Towns in WA, TX)?????????)

INGLE: Red-light camera poll seems more like sales pitch
8:03 AM, Jul. 13, 2011  | 

 
Written by
BOB INGLE | STATEHOUSE BUREAU Filed Under
Opinion
Commentary

TRENTON — Polls are given way too much attention by media and the public, but they can be fun to read and even enlightening if done well and objectively. Too often they are neither.

The National Coalition for Safer Roads (ATS FRONT GROUP http://againstallclods.wordpress.com/2011/03/21/the-missouri-red-light-camera-scam-part-4/) tells us that New Jersey’s registered voters overwhelmingly support the use of red-light cameras — the ones that snap a picture at intersections, and if so much as an inch of tailpipe is in the road when the light turns red, a ticket is sent to the car’s registered owner. They’re controversial because unlike a police officer, cameras can’t make judgment calls, and some cop looking at a picture days later in a room far away doesn’t know the whole situation, either. The cameras have been banned in some states but not here, where the auto is a cash cow.

You have to ask, why would anyone poll likely voters on this? Questioning likely voters makes sense if you’re looking at an election or testing message or strategy, but not when studying a topic or policy issue that should include a wider base. It’s not like the cameras are running for office. Why not poll pedestrians or registered drivers, people who actually use intersections?

David Kelly, president of the outfit paying for the research, said, “Drivers, pedestrians, cyclists have made it clear they want cameras in their communities.” An accompanying press release notes the poll was done by a guy who polls for Gov. Chris Christie.

Let’s dispense with the notion this is about safety. It is not. It is about collecting as much money as municipalities can get.

The Daily Record looked at some of the state’s red-light camera installations and found no proof they make intersections any safer. In Brick Township in Ocean County, reporters found that the number of accidents went up the first year. But the private companies that run the cameras — and keep part of the fines collected — and the towns where they’re located did all right. Brick got $500,000 out of it. Statistics from towns with cameras running the longest did not show a significant decline in accidents with cameras.

Steve Carrellas of the National Motorists Association points out the obvious — cameras don’t contribute to safety. They just provide a means for government to collect more revenue. In Michigan, AAA worked with Detroit city engineers to make changes that reduced accidents at troublesome intersections. That’s what you do if safety really is your focus.

Getting back to the poll, as important as the right base being polled is how the questions are worded. An introductory question to gauge awareness describes the intersections as “dangerous.” That can create a mind-set for the remainder of the questions. The poll describes the role of the cameras as a “monitor” of people who run red lights, which sounds innocuous.

The poll seems to do everything in its power to increase support for the cameras with every sentence. It looks more like a strategy or messaging poll rather than an attempt to gauge support. That said, I think most people would support the cameras, just not at the level this poll tries to show. Handled as it was, it makes camera supporters look desperate.

http://www.meetup.com/LILiberty/events/19901121/

Selden, NY:  Memorial Day Red Light Camera Protest and BBQ
Monday, May 30, 2011

4:00 PM

Selected By: John
 Selden Red Light Camera 2

Middle Country Road and Marshall Drive Selden , NY

How to find us: We will be on the south side of the road.

The Selden/Centereach area is inundated with these s-Cameras. There are seven cameras in this area and they're barley one mile apart from each-other. Not to mention, Suffolk County is in the process of getting state approval for 50 more cameras, they have not even completed putting up the first 50.  We're going to get out there and show that we mean business.  So this Memorial Day, we will be doing a sign wave protest, for one hour, and then going back to my house for Memorial Day BBQ.

-John

BOCA RATON, Fla. - Protesters had their eye on an intersection in Boca Raton Tuesday evening.

The county has put up a camera at the intersection of Palmetto Park and Powerline  to catch drivers who run red lights.

As part of a statewide protest, the Libertarian Party of Florida urged the state legislature to rescind their law that allows for the cameras, which passed last year.

Now, both houses are considering a measure that would ban the cameras.

Although popular with police, the Libertarian Party says the cameras aren't catching people legitimately.

Police say the cameras work and that statistics show that safety improves when people take extra care not to run a red light.

Residents protest red light cameras

Published : Saturday, 26 Feb 2011, 9:26 PM EST
By Valerie Boey
FOX 35 News

Residents protest red light cameras: MyFoxORLANDO.com

http://www.kctv5.com/news/26864441/detail.html

Missouri Group Protests Red Light Cameras

POSTED: 4:53 pm CST February 14, 2011

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Members of the Liberty Restoration Project were out at 39th and Southwest Trafficway Monday protesting the cameras which they say represent a loss of freedom.

The city has installed cameras at several intersections across the metro to catch people running red lights. Anyone caught on tape would be mailed a $100 ticket.

Members of the group said they will continue to protest until all the lights are brought down.

http://www.thenewspaper.com/news/33/3366.asp

Traffic Camera Attacks on the Rise in US
Vigilantes strike speed and red light cameras in California, Louisiana, South Carolina and France.

Over the past several years, vigilantes in Australia and Europe have destroyed hundreds of speed cameras. Until recently, such attacks remained rare in the United States. Last week, however, photo enforcement devices were taken out in California, Louisiana and South Carolina compared to a single camera in France.

In New Orleans, Louisiana vigilantes on Thursday used a favored tactic of bending the traffic cameras used by American Traffic Solutions (ATS) so that they faced the ground. The devices were located at Canal Boulevard and Harrison Avenue as well as Harrison Avenue and Marconi Drive, according to WVUE-TV. The same tactic has been used in Arizona http://www.thenewspaper.com/news/31/3114.asp, Australia http://www.thenewspaper.com/news/21/2163.asp, California http://www.thenewspaper.com/news/24/2407.asp and England http://www.thenewspaper.com/news/25/2548.asp. For good measure, the vigilantes also spraypainted the camera lenses black. ATS employees were dispatched to repair the devices, but officials have no idea who might be responsible.

In Vista, California, just north of San Diego, vigilantes on Friday used a large rock to knock over a red light camera, the North County Times reported. The automated ticketing machine was located on North Santa Fe Avenue and Vista Village Drive.  http://www.nctimes.com/news/local/vista/article_d5f913d3-5f90-5d9f-bfff-34534d36d315.html

On Monday, a motorist rammed one of the two renegade speed cameras operated by the private company iTraffic in http://www.postandcourier.com/news/2010/dec/29/wreck-ruins-camera Ridgeland, South Carolina, the Beaufort Gazette reported. According to the state attorney general, Ridgeland is violating a state law passed specifically prohibiting the town from mailing citations (view opinions). http://www.thenewspaper.com/news/32/3226.asp   Mayor Gary Hodges remains defiant, claiming a "top legal mind" http://www.thenewspaper.com/news/33/3352.asp told him the system was legal. Although Hodges claims an operator sitting in the recreational vehicle personally witnesses each alleged violation, the officer paid by iTraffic did not see a motorist scatter the speed camera all across Interstate 95. The driver got away unobserved.

In Maleville, France, vigilantes hit the speed camera on the RD1 between Villefranche and Lanuejouls, Midi Libre reported. The lens of the device was obscured, in an attack similar to one carried out at the same location in October.  http://www.midilibre.com/articles/2010/12/31/VILLAGES-Le-radar-de-Maleville-encore-degrade-1496586.php5

TOSS YOUR ILLEGAL I-95 RIDGELAND, SC Speed CAMERA TICKETS IN THE TRASH TEA PARTY!

Ban the Cams feels it is time to call Ridgeland on their illegal practices of using SPEED SCAEMRAS on I-95.  The usually claim is it is for “safety”.  But if the drivers were acting unsafe, WHY ARE THEY NOT PULLING THEM OVER!  Because the SAFETY EXCUSE IS A LIE!
In fact in the UK a few years ago a study was done (AND HIDDEN BY THE UK GOVERNMENT!) THAT PROVED THAT THE SPEED SCAEMRAS CAUSED MORE WRECKS!
http://www.thenewspaper.com/news/06/602.asp
Effect on Personal Injury Accidents
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Even groups like Camerafraud and others have even showed that the safety claims of camera vendors are more propaganda than fact!  http://camerafraud.wordpress.com/2010/01/09/dps-2009-numbers-not-all-they-are-cracked-up-to-be/   Earlier this year a article published by www.thenewspaper.com looked at the US fatality rates (PUBLISHED BY NHTSA) and found that towns without speed cameras DID BETTER THAN PHOENIX!  http://www.thenewspaper.com/news/32/3268.asp 
 

Quote: "During 2008, accidents dropped an impressive 31.5 percent. According to BLS data, however, the Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale area experienced the third-largest drop in employment in the country -- 86,800 jobs. Other areas, such as Greenbay, Wisconsin and Myrtle Beach, South Carolina saw greater accident reductions, 52.6 percent and 47.7 percent respectively, even though photo enforcement is banned in both states."

Ban the CAMS thinks it is time for a TEA party protest of the ILLEGAL RIDGELAND, SC I-95 tickets. So for those of you who intend not to pay this ILLEGAL CAMERA PROGRAM! DO WHAT OUR ANCESTORS DID WHEN THE KING TRIED TO TAX US TOO MUCH IN BOSTON, TOSS THE OFFENDING ITEMS OVERBOARD!  

TOSS THE ILLEGAL SPEED CAMERA TICKETS IN THE TRASH!

 LET THE TEA PARTY BEGIN!

(Note this is not legal advice, but a protest, if you want legal advice
see an attorney. http://attorney.motorists.org/South%20Carolina/ or
 http://www.scbar.org/public_services/find_a_lawyer/ )

 AG Opinions indicating the Ridgeland, SC camera is illegal:
 http://www.thenewspaper.com/rlc/docs/2009/sc-cameraag.pdf and
 http://www.thenewspaper.com/rlc/docs/2010/sc-julycam.pdf

Read more: RIDGELAND, SC I-95 ILLEGAL SPEED CAMERA TICKET TEA PARTY PROTEST!

http://theexpiredmeter.com/?p=7339

October 15th, 2010
Northwest Side Red Light Camera Protest Saturday
Cook County Campaign For Liberty will hit the streets again for their fifth red light camera protest this Saturday.

This time the anti-RLC crew will be at the intersection of Montrose & Milwaukee Ave. from 11:00 to 1:30 PM.

This protest is the fifth of a series of protests against the much hated red light cameras.

“Our strategy for this fall is to conduct several protests around the county throughout September and October to spread the word about Red Light Cam issues and call attention to the Cook County Board for passing the recent
RLC Ordinance,” explains protest organizer Scott Davis.

For more information check out ChicagoBanTheCams.com, and to RSVP, check out the group’s Facebook page.  http://www.campaignforliberty.com/profile.php?member=BanTheCams

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/aug/6/omalleys-spy-cameras/

EDITORIAL: O'Malley's spy cameras
Maryland governor uses tax dollars to track your every move
By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

With great fanfare, Gov. Martin O'Malley on Wednesday announced his use of your tax dollars to track every move made by Maryland motorists. The Democratic chief executive will spend $2 million in federal grants to double the number of roadside and mobile spy cameras, with the data centrally collected at a "fusion center" accessible to government bureaucrats.

Like speed cameras and red-light cameras, Mr. O'Malley's license-plate recognition cameras photograph the plates of passing motorists. Within a matter of seconds, a computer system looks up the vehicle owner's identity and cross-references it against a "wanted" list after recording the time, date and GPS coordinates of the vehicle. All of this information will be stored at the Maryland Coordination and Analysis Center located in Woodlawn, just outside Baltimore. Mr. O'Malley's plan is unique insofar as it allows tracking of persons of interest using cameras located in dozens of local jurisdictions. "We believe it's the first," Maryland State Police spokesman Gregory M. Shipley told The Washington Times. "It's certainly one of the first to network police [agencies] together like this."

In theory, the cameras could serve as an important crime-fighting tool. Mr. Shipley explained that the system could identify stolen cars, missing persons, wanted fugitives, violent gang members and terrorist suspects. Unfortunately, we know from the British experience that the system inevitably will expand to become a revenue-generating tool that tracks everyone. The previous Labor government advanced a plan that would have a camera watching every road in the country with travel records centrally stored for at least seven years. The purported crimes most often targeted by Britain's electronic Big Brother included use of a cell phone behind the wheel and failure to wear a seat belt - hardly the serious stuff claimed in justification of Mr. O'Malley's plan.

Read more: Washington Times: O'Malley's spy cameras

http://politicalhumor.about.com/library/bldailyfeed3.htm

"The city of Los Angeles now rethinking its boycott of Arizona because the city's red light cameras are all owned by an Arizona-based company. See, red lights and speed cameras are a big source of revenue for the city. And the boycott of Arizona could mean no more red lights, no more cameras, no more tickets. I'm willing to make that sacrifice." –Jay Leno
 

http://www.snoho.com/stories/June/061610_eyman.html
 
Eyman to council: It’s your move
MUKILTEO - Six-year-old Elijah Sherwood, son of Nick Sherwood from BanCams.com, wearing a camera on his head and a bright blue “Let Voters Decide” T-shirt, led the walk into City Hall in an effort to get the issue of red-light cameras before voters.
Initiative campaigner and Mukilteo resident, Tim Eyman, said he has enough signatures to put the issue of red-light cameras on the ballot. Eyman presented Mayor Joe Marine last week with 1,908 signatures, more than the required 15 percent of registered voters, to get the issue on the ballot.
The initiative would ask voters whether they want red-light cameras, would repeal the May 24 decision to allow them and would require a vote of the people if a future council brings the issue up again.
Eyman said he only needed 1,804 signatures to qualify for the ballot.
The signatures were collected during a two-week signature drive initiated by Eyman, Nick Sherwood and Alex Rion with Washington State Campaign for Liberty.
 

Read more: Eyman to council: It’s your move

Banthecams.org, the National Motorist Association, and the Florida Civil Rights Association came together May 23rd to protest the Redlight Camera Scam! This video includes interviews with the protesters where they tell you plainly why they gave up a beautiful summer day in Florida to protest this government revenue scam. The interviews give excellent information about why these cameras are a bad idea, and why the people themselves should be allowed to vote on their use. If you want a quick and easy introduction to what is wrong with these cameras, then watch this video!

We have finally finished a compilation of some of the footage from the Temple Terrace Florida protest. The cops showed up after only 5 minutes at this protest, and eventually managed to shut it down. The police lied to us, and those lies are documented in the video. Take a look below. Be sure to visit the links to read more about the protest, and to make sure you know your rights in the event of a police confrontation.

Original article on the Temple Terrace protest.

Click here to read about your rights at a protest.

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