Spectre
The Deported
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Yeah, there are speed cameras in America. Mostly in the "blue" states, strangely enough.
Texas is an exception, as one of the makers of such equipment is here. Though we banned them before any significant numbers were installed; this was because of the huge uproar over the red light cameras, which lead to Texas citizens melting down the Legislature's phone system with demands that the next logical step, speed cameras, be banned *immediately* before some bright boy thought that was a good idea and the things were entrenched.
As it sits, there are NO speed cameras in the entire state of Texas on public roads.
Even the red light cameras are coming under fire, both literally and figuratively. Seems they're not reducing the number of intersection accidents OR generating the revenue their makers promised - to the point that Dallas has turned most of theirs off and is taking some down. Other cities may follow suit.
Texas is an exception, as one of the makers of such equipment is here. Though we banned them before any significant numbers were installed; this was because of the huge uproar over the red light cameras, which lead to Texas citizens melting down the Legislature's phone system with demands that the next logical step, speed cameras, be banned *immediately* before some bright boy thought that was a good idea and the things were entrenched.
As it sits, there are NO speed cameras in the entire state of Texas on public roads.
Even the red light cameras are coming under fire, both literally and figuratively. Seems they're not reducing the number of intersection accidents OR generating the revenue their makers promised - to the point that Dallas has turned most of theirs off and is taking some down. Other cities may follow suit.
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