RLC SCAM UP in Brooksville.

Stephen Donaldson — Fri, 18 May 2012 14:11:31 +0100

They will no doubt claim "safety" and "violations" are the reasons. But make no mistake if someone pulls ALL THE "VIOLATION" many will be techincal fouls.

I do wonder how many will be right turns on red and stop line "violations". Also how many are under a second (A few years ago I timed the lights at MLK and Broad. IT WAS SHORTER THAN A IDENTICLE NON CAMERA LIGHT JUST DOWN THE STREET!&Read more

3 Examples of likely involvement by the Scamera vendors in "reports".

Stephen Donaldson — Tue, 08 May 2012 18:00:29 +0100

How Widespread is the Scamera Vendors involvement in Scamera "reports"???

I was recently doing a post on the SCAMERAS and wanted to share with everyone here 3 Examples of likely involvement by the Scamera vendors in "reports".

1. http://www.thenewspaper.com/news/37/3703.asp

Quote: "Red light camera vendor American Traffic Solutions (ATS) is furious that police in Kansas City, Missouri released a report Read more

My response to another Wandall Scamera letter! (Is she really a Lobbyist now with that ...

Stephen Donaldson — Fri, 04 May 2012 14:36:35 +0100

My response to another Wandall Scamera letter!

Ole Wandall is trying to justify a bad law named for a good man again.

As many those of you who follow this blog daily, I make no secret of posting the truth against the scamera side. I DON'T HIDE WHO I AM unlike former ATS VP BILL KROSKE DID. http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20110525/BLOG48/705259809 (And I personally don't think he is the only one doiRead more

Governors Highway "Safety" Association pushing "speeding" report to ...

Stephen Donaldson — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 10:47:01 +0100

Governors Highway "Safety" Association pushing "speeding" report to "push" for "photo enforcement”. (Same Group "honored" a scamera front group earlier).

The GHSA just came out with a "report" playing the ole speed card of "1/3" accidents are "speed related". http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/story/2012-03-08/little-progress-on-speeding-enforcement/53404826/1

(GHRead more

FAKE AMBER BILLS (bills that PRETEND to "lengthen" ambers, when they DON'T)

Stephen Donaldson — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 15:46:54 +0100

FAKE AMBER BILLS (bills that PRETEND to "lengthen" ambers, when they DON'T)

FLORIDA AMBER TIME Part of SB 590 BILL, NOW a FAKE AMBER BILL.

Provisions that REQUIRE LONGER AMBERS (not just restate FED LAW) REMOVED!

It looks like SB 590 has been "modified". It has had STRIPPED away the longer ambers provisions. (Any bets the Scamera lobbyist got a hold of the longer amber bill?) It is longer amber in NAME Read more

School Bus cameras is it for the “kids” or is it a bait and switch??????

Stephen Donaldson — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:32:20 +0100

School Bus cameras is it for the “kids” or is it a bait and switch??????

(also see: http://alerts.motorists.org/nma-e-newsletter-155-the-numbers-tell-the-sto )

It came to Ban the Cams attention that Florida Legislature is considering school bus scameras. http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2012/0250 and http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2012/269 (House Version). (Any bets the scamera vendors “helped” write this bill??)

Is NHTSA 48% claim counting NON traffic light accidents in their numbers????

Stephen Donaldson — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:02:55 +0100

Is NHTSA 48% claim counting NON traffic light accidents in their numbers????

I recently came across this claim in a Miami article on All Red Clearance Intervals out of Miami.

http://miami.cbslocal.com/2012/02/06/legislation-seeks-to-make-miami-dade-county-intersections-safer/

"According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, intersectional accidents account for 48-percent of injury-related traffic accidents nationwide"

Did Univeristy student in RLC "violation" times review video or just used "time ...

Stephen Donaldson — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 17:48:33 +0100

Did Univeristy student in Columbus RLC "violation" times review video or just used "time into red"????

Recently a report came out of Columbus on RLC. A Univeristy student used data "provided" by Redflex and the city that "40% of those caught by cameras missed by at least three seconds." http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2012/01/15/red-light-offenses-arent-all-close.html

Quote: He studied six years of recRead more

Small Sample Size poll claims public "support" for RLC.

Stephen Donaldson — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 16:16:07 +0100

Another 12 months, a second poll calming public support for RLC. Sample size 508 out of a region with over 2 million in it.

http://www.tampabay.com/news/localgovernment/as-red-light-cameras-sprout-across-tampa-bay-residents-offer-strong-support/1208245

Quote: "A Tampa Bay Times/Bay News 9 poll found 62 percent of residents favor the cameras. A third oppose them, while 4 percent aren't sure."

The problem: "The poll was conducted by telepRead more

The “Angle” Scam: How Cities use Angle Crashes instead of RLR crashes to manipulate the TRUTH!

Stephen Donaldson — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 16:40:58 +0100

The “Angle” Scam: How Cities (and maybe vendors) use Angle Crashes instead of RLR crashes to manipulate the TRUTH!

How many of you heard this claim from the Scamera Side on RLC: “angle crashes have gone down”????

The scamera side loves to harp on that.

LET ME LET YOU IN ON what I suspect is a DIRTY LITTLE SECRET???

THE ANGLE CRASHES ARE NOT JUST COUNTING RED LIRead more

My Response to Tuton PROPAGANDA PIECE.

Stephen Donaldson — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 00:10:59 +0100

My Response to Tuton PROPAGANDA PIECE.

As some of you at Ban the Cams know, I routinely post comments on RLC articles EXPOSING the SCAMERA VENDORS LIES!

I tried to leave the post below on the Sun Sentinel site, but they are not allowing comments.

So here is my response to Tuton's plea to keep his RLC income coming in.

http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2011-12-06/news/fl-red-light-cameras-safe-tuton-1207-20111206_1_red-light-safety-camera-programs-red-light-runneRead more

Photo Enforcement – the “Safety” SHELL GAME!

Stephen Donaldson — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 16:04:24 +0100

Photo Enforcement – the “Safety” SHELL GAME!

The sales pitch of many scamera vendors and towns is that they want photo enforcement for “safety”.

They go out and use some terrible accident (or incident) to claim that this is the “reason” they “need” photo enforcement. The problem with that SALES PITCH is that it is a lie.

PHOTO ENFORCEMENT IS A SHELL GAME.

They claim scameras arRead more

School Bus Scameras in CT.

Stephen Donaldson — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 16:33:07 +0100

School Bus Scameras in CT.

WE all agree you shouldn't pass a stop school bus with kids exiting and entering. It is illegal and DANGEROUS.

But the problems with the scamera approach is that it degenerates long term into how much money can be made.

It becomes long term not so much about "protecting the children", as more about money.

IN FACT NO DRIVER IS EVEN PULLED OVER WHICH IF A DRIVER IS PASSING A SCHOOL BUS, WHY AREN'T they BEING PULLED OVER,Read more

9 School (Park) Zone Speed Scams!

Stephen Donaldson — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 15:54:27 +0100

9 School (Park) Zone Speed Scams!

When people heard of Chicago wanting speed scameras for "safety" of the children, many people saw it for the money grab that it was.

I wanted to share with you 9 School Zone Scams I have seen through the years.

1. Non functioning yellow light (or burned out bulb). http://blog.thenewstribune.com/street/2011/01/26/speed-cameras-go-awry-but-its-not-their-fault/

Quote: “The lighRead more

Many wrecks will never be stopped by a speed scamera. Look here at horror night in AU.

Stephen Donaldson — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 17:56:59 +0100

Many wrecks will never be stopped by a speed scamera. Look here at horror night in AU. How many were REALLY CAUSED by "exceeding" a speed limit (not logged in because it was there but unrelated. Example, fell asleep and went 5 over and hit a tree). And how many were caused by tired driving, not paying attention, overcorrecting, etc. A LOT OF THEM! Speed scameras are the SNAKE OIL of today!

3 kRead more

Six Examples of MISLEADING THE PUBLIC: "Safety" claims BY TOWNS who USE ATS!

Stephen Donaldson — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 14:47:21 +0100

Six Examples of MISLEADING THE PUBLIC: "Safety" claims BY TOWNS who USE ATS!

I recently came across a article where the writer received the accident data from three cities that claimed RLC were a "success". http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/columnists/fl-red-light-cameras-mayocol-b103011-20111029,0,3476542.column All three towns he quoted were ATS towns: Pembroke Pines, West Palm Beach, Hallandale Beach. http://www.banRead more

You Have Been Warned

Henry Bentley — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 20:07:50 +0100

One of the reason we are against red light camera's is what will and already is happening with camera technology. You can run but you will not hide. Click Here

THIS IS HOW THE POLICE CAN NOW IDENTIFY ANYONE USING HIGH DEFINITION ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY. DON'T THINK OF HIDING YOURSELF AMONGST THOUSANDS.............YOU CAN BE EASILY DETECTED & IDENTIFIED.

Please note the photographer is using the same technology as Google Earth to track you, be warnedRead more

Ban the Cams commentary: Don’t do a Right turn on Red when a RLC is around! (or stop on ...

Stephen Donaldson — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 07:51:54 +0100

Ban the Cams commentary: Don’t do a Right turn on Red when a RLC is around EVEN IF YOU STOP! (or dare to stop for the light on or just over the stop line).

(Thanks to www.ericpetersautos.com for the picture).

The claim of RLC proponents has always been that RLC are there to just stop the “dangerous RLR”. Read more

Example of how the scamera side LIES with Statistics.

Stephen Donaldson — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 07:28:00 +0100

Some of you might have read the post on:

http://www.skyvalleychronicle.com/FEATURE-NEWS/HOW-ONE-MAN-DID-THE-HEAVY-LIFTING-THAT-KILLED-L-A-s-RED-LIGHT-TICKET-PROGRAM-br-And-what-lessons-may-be-learned-by-Monroe-and-other-cities-750067

HOW ONE MAN DID THE HEAVY LIFTING THAT KILLED L.A.’s RED LIGHT TICKET PROGRAM

And what lessons may be learned by Monroe and other cities

August 23, 2011

But what is really interesting is the fact that THERE IS A GREAT ERead more

Did I just get my first Red Light Camera Ticket?

Glen Chancy — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 19:21:14 +0100

Today it was raining buckets here in Apopka, Florida as I dashed home to pick up my forgotten lunch. An intersection near my house is controlled by an RLC. The light was red as I pulled up to the intersection, so I put on the brakes to stop. I must have hit a really slick spot in the road, because I slid for a few feet before coming to a complete stop. The front of my F-150 was behind the "Stop here on Red Light" sign, but my front wheels were on top of the stop bar. Not beyond the Read more

Blog entries

RLC SCAM UP in Brooksville.

3 Examples of likely involvement by the Scamera vendors in "reports".

My response to another Wandall Scamera letter! (Is she really a Lobbyist now with that ...

Governors Highway "Safety" Association pushing "speeding" report to ...

FAKE AMBER BILLS (bills that PRETEND to "lengthen" ambers, when they DON'T)

School Bus cameras is it for the “kids” or is it a bait and switch??????

Is NHTSA 48% claim counting NON traffic light accidents in their numbers????

Did Univeristy student in RLC "violation" times review video or just used "time ...

Small Sample Size poll claims public "support" for RLC.

The “Angle” Scam: How Cities use Angle Crashes instead of RLR crashes to manipulate the TRUTH!

My Response to Tuton PROPAGANDA PIECE.

Photo Enforcement – the “Safety” SHELL GAME!

School Bus Scameras in CT.

9 School (Park) Zone Speed Scams!

Many wrecks will never be stopped by a speed scamera. Look here at horror night in AU.

Six Examples of MISLEADING THE PUBLIC: "Safety" claims BY TOWNS who USE ATS!

You Have Been Warned

Ban the Cams commentary: Don’t do a Right turn on Red when a RLC is around! (or stop on ...

Example of how the scamera side LIES with Statistics.

Did I just get my first Red Light Camera Ticket?