Comments on: Waiting for Raymond: In Letter to Albany, Kelly Silent on Safety Cams http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/07/27/waiting-for-raymond-in-letter-to-albany-kelly-silent-on-safety-cams/ Covering the New York City Streets Renaissance Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:07:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: PhotoRadarScam http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/07/27/waiting-for-raymond-in-letter-to-albany-kelly-silent-on-safety-cams/comment-page-1/#comment-89311 PhotoRadarScam Tue, 28 Jul 2009 07:30:27 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/?p=17281#comment-89311 "The way things stand, drivers can travel at life-threatening speeds on New York's neighborhood streets without any fear of enforcement. " Really? There aren't any police there? You don't need traffic cameras to make streets safer, you need traffic ENGINEERS to analyze the roads and intersections to make changes to achieve safety. The engineers may suggest enforcement, but chances are there are other factors at play. Don't fall for this scam people, cops, not cameras! “The way things stand, drivers can travel at life-threatening speeds on New York’s neighborhood streets without any fear of enforcement. “

Really? There aren’t any police there?

You don’t need traffic cameras to make streets safer, you need traffic ENGINEERS to analyze the roads and intersections to make changes to achieve safety. The engineers may suggest enforcement, but chances are there are other factors at play. Don’t fall for this scam people, cops, not cameras!

]]> By: jass http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/07/27/waiting-for-raymond-in-letter-to-albany-kelly-silent-on-safety-cams/comment-page-1/#comment-89211 jass Mon, 27 Jul 2009 23:06:33 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/?p=17281#comment-89211 I thought this was loosely related, and perhaps you might want to mention it. "Alexandria Police Chief David P. Baker is on administrative leave after a car crash in Arlington County late Saturday led to his arrest on charges of drunken driving. Baker, who was driving an unmarked city vehicle, had a blood alcohol level of 0.19, more than twice Virginia's legal limit, authorities said. " http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/26/AR2009072601007.html How can we expect the police to enforce unsafe driving if they themselves do it? I thought this was loosely related, and perhaps you might want to mention it.

“Alexandria Police Chief David P. Baker is on administrative leave after a car crash in Arlington County late Saturday led to his arrest on charges of drunken driving.

Baker, who was driving an unmarked city vehicle, had a blood alcohol level of 0.19, more than twice Virginia’s legal limit, authorities said. “
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/26/AR2009072601007.html

How can we expect the police to enforce unsafe driving if they themselves do it?

]]> By: Komanoff http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/07/27/waiting-for-raymond-in-letter-to-albany-kelly-silent-on-safety-cams/comment-page-1/#comment-89031 Komanoff Mon, 27 Jul 2009 17:52:08 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/?p=17281#comment-89031 Another hat-tip to Ben Fried and Streetsblog for pitch-perfect issue framing. Bravo! Another hat-tip to Ben Fried and Streetsblog for pitch-perfect issue framing. Bravo!

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