Tuesday, August 23, 2011

FLASH: Speeding Cameras to be on ballot

Click link for story:

http://blog.cleveland.com/sunmessenger/2011/08/south_euclid_voters_will_decid.html

The Sun Messenger errs and plays into the hands of the opponents of these devices when they call it a traffic camera. It is a speeding camera - it does not monitor other issues such as compliance with traffic lights, stop signs, etc.

NOTE: This blog does not take a position on whether the speeding camera should be retained or removed from service. We support the right of the citizens of South Euclid to vote on this issue. We also believe this debate should be free of influence from both the camera manufacturer Redflex and professional activists on the other side.

This blog does agree with anti-camera proponents on an important point: side streets are being used as a cut through because Mayfield is zoned at 25mph. There is no justification for this and we believe that the entire stretch of Mayfield should be zoned at 35mph, just as it is in Lyndhurst and Mayfield Heights.

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