Transportation
Red-light cameras and unintended consequences
The programs are sloppy. They can't pinpoint only those people who are running red lights.
Red light camera
type of traffic enforcement camera
Elections & Public Integrity
This weekend on Carolina Journal Radio
North Carolinians aren’t the only ones watching this state’s U.S. Senate race closely. Jim Geraghty of National Review, who oversees “The Campaign Spot” blog and delivers the daily “Morning Jolt”…
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Could It Be That A Government Program Will Actually Be Killed?
The Cary town council looks to be on its way to killing the controversial red light camera program. It’s not often we see a government program cancelled.
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Red Light Camera Ticketing Program Comes Back To Haunt Cary
Cary’s red light ticketing program is now the subject of a big court case, now that a Wake County judge has granted class-action status to the case. If Cary loses…
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Red Light Cameras on Way Back To Raleigh
Two weeks from now, Raleigh could have its red light cameras back in place, despite voting not to do so just days ago. John Locke Foundation Director of Fiscal Policy…
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Anti-Texting PSA: Perfect
The production values are off-the-charts in this UK produced public service announcement warning of the dangers of texting while driving. Great that AAA of the Carolinas is bringing it stateside.…
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Would Red Light Cameras Thwart CMS Buses?
A CMS school bus ran a red light on Stonewall yesterday and hit a minivan taxicab. Gee, if we only had red light cameras that would make school bus drivers…
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Red Light Cameras: For the Children
WCCB gets CMS honcho Pete Gorman all excited about the prospect of red light camera cash flowing to the school system. Gorman: “Is that a dedicated source where that money…
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GCS to HP: Pay up
High Point Enterprise reports: The Guilford County Board of Education voted unanimously Tuesday night to direct its attorney, Jill Wilson, to instruct the city of High Point to promptly pay…
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$13.75
To run Wilmington?s red-light program, the taxpayer must pay $13.75 for every ticket in order to keep the system afloat and in compliance with the law. Learn how to spot…
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Red Light Cameras probably not gone for long
Had a more detailed look at the CoA’s ruling… it does not apply to Wake County or Concord, as the General Assembly specifically defined “clear proceeds” of the cameras for…
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Red Light Cameras R.I.P.
The Court of Appeals? decision is in: it upheld the critical element of Judge Massey’s earlier ruling, including that the cost of operating the program (contract out, with a large…