BERLIN – Town officials continue to explore the possibility of installing speed cameras in local school zones.
Representatives from RedSpeed met with the Berlin Town Council Monday to share information about how speed cameras could benefit the municipality.
“In this day and age automatic traffic controls have become more effective because they’re utilized as a law enforcement multiplier,” RedSpeed’s Kurt Zanelotti said.
Zanelotti, a principal and investor in RedSpeed, told the council the company worked with municipalities in various states to install speed cameras. In Maryland, the state only allows for the installation of cameras within school zones. Where they’re installed, however, Zanelotti said there was typically a significant drop in vehicle speeds.
Zanelotti said that once a town contracted with RedSpeed, company representatives reviewed potential camera locations in town and then set up cameras over a three- or four-day period. Statistics from that brief traffic study give them an idea of how big of a problem speeding is.
You cheered when they first were installed! “For the children, for God’s sake (and by “god’s sake, I mean THEIR NEVER ENDING SEARCH FOR MORE WAYS TO TAKE YOUR MONEY) That’s what they do. As a full time endeavor.
You fell for the line “it’s for the children!” just like you fell for their line about “we will only be looking for drunk drivers at our Nazi “checkpoints”, where we want to stop INNOCENT drivers (with guns, if necessary!?) to see IF, MAYBE, PERHAPS, we might catch a criminal. Now, it’s a full blown check of you, your license, your criminal record, and your passengers. You know, “for your safety”.
You let them put up speed camera’s, you will crack the door open and they will kick it off it’s hinges in a year or two.
It’s a MONEY MACINE and politicians don’t care about anything but how to get MORE MONEY FROM YOU.
Your “leaders” are all in on this Gestapo idea. They would like TOTAL SURVEILLANCE of your every waking hour.
And the money is a handful of corn in a squirrel cage.
Your “leaders”. Does ANYONE think this in in YOUR interest???
I mean EXCEPT politicians, and cops?? They are already wondering where to get the money for their new police union costs. I guess they found it.
In the name of “your safety”….
I guarantee one of those politicians will throw in “to keep our children safe” BS.
And you will erupt in cheers for his wisdom and concern.
How about EYING Street cops to patrol neighborhoods & fight Real Crime !!!!!
but its for the children! lmao! never mind the cash they are drooling over!
ENOUGH speeding tickets !!!! Cops speed MORE than anyone else !!! Make $$$ some Other way !!!!!!
Ban RADAR & LASER !!!