The city I work in contracted out the implementation of school district speed cameras to a private company, who gets a cut of each ticket.
While the city’s goal was likely more on safety than revenue, if speed cameras didn’t raise revenue the private company wouldn’t have accepted a share as part of their fee.
Cities will start and end school zones within a quarter mile of each other. The safer option would be to have the street stay a school zone for its entire length, but no. I’ve seen many cases of “end school zone, speed limit 35” signs just before the start of a school zone. There’s no way that isn’t fine to farm tickets at the expense of children’s safety.
American streets are dangerous for children. The solution should be to make the streets safe, everywhere all the time. A temporary speed limit in a few spots doesn’t fix anything.
The city I work in contracted out the implementation of school district speed cameras to a private company, who gets a cut of each ticket.
While the city’s goal was likely more on safety than revenue, if speed cameras didn’t raise revenue the private company wouldn’t have accepted a share as part of their fee.
Cities will start and end school zones within a quarter mile of each other. The safer option would be to have the street stay a school zone for its entire length, but no. I’ve seen many cases of “end school zone, speed limit 35” signs just before the start of a school zone. There’s no way that isn’t fine to farm tickets at the expense of children’s safety.
American streets are dangerous for children. The solution should be to make the streets safe, everywhere all the time. A temporary speed limit in a few spots doesn’t fix anything.