Red light cameras and speed traps are great ideas theoretically but not quite when put into actual practice
. They have become a convenient and accepted way to fine drivers money and increase local revenue while not enhancing road safety.
Article after article nationwide on tv lshow red light cameras are used to increase the amount of money certain cities receive from fines, how well over half of certain towns budgets come from speeding tickets, and yet particular types of accidents, such as rear-end crashes, actually increase as a result of speed traps.
Speed traps need to be exported to GPS enabled mobile phones and devices to help drivers avoid these traps. Who has time to waste doing a driving course?
Who has the money to spend on a solicitor contesting a ticket? Car insurance companies increase premiums up to 50% for each of the three years following four-points on your licence as a result of speeding tickets.
Premiums increase, the term "higher risk driver" is attached to your driving record, and hundreds of euros are channelled into your car insurance, all because you were in a rush to pick your daughter or son from school or to make an important meeting. The system is grossly unfair to the ordinary driver who may or may not test to see how fast their car goes.
Money and time can be saved as can broken hearts and broken bank accounts if we all take the time to find out where we can expect to find these speed traps and simply break or vandalise them when no one else is watching.
This is a service to the community and all car users alike andit will help to tell city councils WE DO NOT WANT YOUR SPEED TRAPS. Its that easy.