Speed Cameras Unpopular
- Mayor Rahm Emanuel billed his soon-to-be-launched speed camera program as being about child safety and not raising cash, but a new Tribune/WGN-TV poll shows most Chicago voters are skeptical of the mayor's rationale and don't want the devices.
The survey logged opposition to speed cameras from 54 percent of those questioned, while 69 percent said money — not safety — was behind the mayor's push to install automated equipment that will nab and ticket lead-footed drivers near parks and schools.
The disparity between those results suggests that even some of the 43 percent of voters who said they back cameras nonetheless harbor doubts about the mayor's stated reasons for wanting them. Just 22 percent of those surveyed agreed with Emanuel that the purpose of his speed camera program was to protect children.
If you vote for the same corrupt bought-and-paid-for assholes, you're going to get exactly the same thing every single time. If you throw them out when they don't vote the way you want them to, then they are more responsive to the community they supposedly represent. But that takes an involved semi-intelligent populace, which is why the politicians have a vested interest in keeping voters in the dark.
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posted by SCC at 12:02 AM
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I agree with throwing them out. The only problem is that corporate campaign donation money will corrupt almost anyone that you put in their place.
Often times people complain about the number of people that Chicago has on public aid and food stamps. We hear that they will vote for the people that give them more free stuff.
All I can say is, you don't think that the exact same thing is going on with these corporate tax breaks that the rest of us end up paying for.
The politicians are going to vote for whatever the people with the money want. Those are the corporations and there is no way in hell that the private citizens can compete with these million and billion dollar companies campaign contributions.
We have to get the money out of politics for the corruption to stop and to return to a government of the people, not the corporation.
Hell AMC movie theaters was just bought out by the Chinese. Now they can go and send their corporate lobbyist to Washington and demand what they want because of the Citizens United decision. We're gonna have this place being run by foreign interest if it's not already happening.
Every Red Light Camera CAN Become a SPEED CAMERA.
Every Red Light Camera WILL Become a Speed Camera.
FLASH!!! Gotcha!!!
Chicago already with the longest, most hassled slowest commutes in yhe country and is about to get worse to redistribute the wealth of people with jobs to people who will not work.
But all those looong slooow hard drives home from your jobs will be made all the more pleasent because you will be seeing "Maggie's Flowers" on median strips everywhere.
Chicago will get the government it deserves.
OT rahm is now crying fowl @LAZ wanting to get paid 50 million dollars for street closings and diabled parking. Take a good guess what two aldermanic baffoons were next to him during his press conference on how his multilanguage skills were going to stop the city from paying, anthony"dont read small print"beale and walter"stopped reading legalese when my felonious record was expunged"burnett. Sorry, you two sorry excuses for representatives are the reason we are in this pinch. Rahm and the working middleclass people of this city should ask for a referendum/proposition in the next election. For all the illiterate idiots involved in voting for this selloff of citizen/city revenue, past mayor included, must pay LAZ for all they say their due. The chicago taxpayer was told this sellout wasnt going to cost us a thing. Wrong! Make these aldergoofs pay. Beale, Burnett, a contract is a contract. You have cost the working chicagoan millions with your stupidity, now man up and pay up, from your own pocket. we the working citizens of this great city are tired of your pickpocketing us. Its to bad these idiots are so cuddled by the DNC and werent mapped out.
Speed cameras are just another reason to keep suburbanites away from Chicago.
Downtown parking rates are already a joke. Museum fees are way up (in order to pay for some crony's million dollar salary as President of the museum). Sales tax is high.
The threat of crime is high in most neighborhoods - including downtown.
More people are staying away.
Adding speed cameras as another "Sheriff of Nottingham idea" to tax and shake down anyone passing through is the latest reason to avoid Chicago like the plague.
Someone better start thinking about ways to get back that everyday business from suburbia instead of planning some BS conference that is more of a drain on resources than an economic bonanza.
These speed cameras are nothing short of a Declaration of War against the citizens of Chicago by Mayor Rahm Emanuel. As a result,I have elected to move out of the City of Chicago because I know I cannot win that war. I know the Mayor (and probably everyone else) could probably care less but I'm not the only one. I know two other families who are doing the same thing. Soon, as this war progresses, the only people you will see living in Chicago are those that do not contribute and those that must stay such as Police Officers. Good luck to all of you. You will need it.
elected representatives are supposed to do what their name means: represent their constituents. throw the bums out.
But all those looong slooow hard drives home from your jobs will be made all the more pleasent because you will be seeing "Maggie's Flowers" on median strips everywhere.
5/25/2012 01:05:00 AM
And let's not forget the Richie-fences.
We're a pretty facade with a rotting core.
Semi intelligent populace ? That's an overstatement.
The hard working, law abiding, tax paying citizens who continue to allow these fucks to stay in office are IDIOTS.
But all those looong slooow hard drives home from your jobs will be made all the more pleasent because you will be seeing "Maggie's Flowers" on median strips everywhere.
5/25/2012 01:05:00 AM
Fuck maggie, richie and all their flower pots & flowers.
Dito for rahmboys cameras. he can stick them up his ass !!!!
Anyone with a brain knows the speed cameras are about money, not the safety of children or anyone else for that matter.
Here's a simple argument:
Speed Cameras vs Speed Bumps (SAFETY FIRST!)
SPEED CAMERAS:
1. Will a speed camera stop me from going 80 mph in a 30 mph speed zone?
NO.
2. Will a speed camera prevent me from running over a group of kids because I'm going 80 in a 30 and I can't stop my car in time?
NO.
SPEED BUMPS:
1. Will speed bumps prevent me from driving 80 mph in a 30 mph speed zone?
ABSOLUTELY NO DOUBT ABOUT IT- YES.
2. Will speed bumps prevent me from running over a group of kids?
Since I won't be going 80 in a 30 due to speed bumps, odds are I'm not gonna be running down anyone!
What's the difference between speed cameras and speed bumps??
Speed bumps will undoubtedly make the streets safer. Cameras will not.
Cameras will generate revenue for Rahm and his minions. Speed bumps will not.
Any questions?
Sure, if you run a red light and get caught by police or camera, you're going to pay a fine. It's the law.
But if a person shoots off a (unregistered of course) handgun at the moon or into/at Pookie...
THERE'S NO PENALTY !
How about getting the freeloading thugs to pay up, dock those SSI and government entitlement checks.
With all the uninsured, incorrectly registered, pimped beyond mechanical safety shitmobiles speeding thru the city without a care in the world,
why do the taxpayers or otherwise responsible drivers only have to pay?
FOP endorsed the politicians that wanted and have been paid off by the camera companies. There is blood on the FOP's hands.
SPEED BUMPS:
1. Will speed bumps prevent me from driving 80 mph in a 30 mph speed zone?
ABSOLUTELY NO DOUBT ABOUT IT- YES.
2. Will speed bumps prevent me from running over a group of kids?
Since I won't be going 80 in a 30 due to speed bumps, odds are I'm not gonna be running down anyone!
What's the difference between speed cameras and speed bumps??
Speed bumps will undoubtedly make the streets safer. Cameras will not.
Cameras will generate revenue for Rahm and his minions. Speed bumps will not.
Any questions?
5/25/2012 11:45:00 AM
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Question: How much response time do speed bumps add to first responders with equipment that has to inch over them and/or avoid them?
Question: Would you want to be in an ambulance with major trauma + having someone try to stick you with a needle while going over speed bumps?
Question: wouldn't it be far easier to address the cause of the heavy traffic instead of making money off the situation, or applying a bullshit bandaid like a speed bump?
-Edison Park Resident
Just a couple of more months and I will leave all this. Man oh man, I will not miss it a bit.
2. Will speed bumps prevent me from running over a group of kids?
Since I won't be going 80 in a 30 due to speed bumps, odds are I'm not gonna be running down anyone!
I'd like to see you do 30 in a 30 zone with a speed hump. That is my biggest complaint about them. I CAN'T do the speed limit because of speed humps-- if you want to damage my car with your hump while I'm speeding, I guess it's my fault. If you damage my car going over 10 in a 30 zone, something stinks !
Well somebody voted this asshole Rahm in.
Now the sheeple are growing unhappy with him.
"...What's Speed bumps will undoubtedly make the streets safer. Cameras will not.
Cameras will generate revenue for Rahm and his minions. Speed bumps will not.
Any questions?
5/25/2012 11:45:00 AM"
Question:
Which Rahm City Hall Office do you work in Troll?
At 11:45 AM were your following orders and working on city time at a city computer?
How long have you been off of your medication?
Are you aware that anyone who would do 80 mph in a 30 mph zone with kids around probably would feel great exhilaration flying off the speed bumps and that speed?
Are you aware that large SUVs and trucks would not be damaged by speed bumps s but small fuel efficient vehicles can suffer stress fractures to windshields, exhaust, frame, electrical and fuel systems?
Are you aware that patients in ambulances with serious fractures and dislocations can suffer pain and nerve damage if jarred by speed bumps?
Speed bumps are deliberate traffic hazards and can cost the city thousands and maybe millions if they are the cause of accidents like during winter when they can’t be seen or cause a senior citizen to fall and break a hip or worse?
Are you aware that you are an idiot, please install all the speed bumps you wish between your bedroom and bathroom. Other than that go to hell.
Question: Would you want to be in an ambulance with major trauma + having someone try to stick you with a needle while going over speed bumps?
Question: wouldn't it be far easier to address the cause of the heavy traffic instead of making money off the situation, or applying a bullshit bandaid like a speed bump?
Exactly. To anyone who thinks speed bumps are the answer, try riding a bike over those evil things while pulling a cargo trailer full of groceries or a kid trailer - makes it a lot harder for those of us trying to reduce the amount of car traffic.
Even worse, imagine yourself after an accident, strapped to a backboard, neck in a protective collar, riding in an ambulance and going over those things. You're already hurting like hell and then your head gets slammed on the backboard going over those freakin' bumps.
There are plenty of scenarios where speed bumps just aren't a suitable solution.
NO SPEED CAMERAS! NO SPEED BUMPS! I vote for going back to a FREE COUNTRY! The government can take their cameras and shove them up their ass. If you speed and get caught by a cop, then you pay the price. If there are cameras watching our every move when we're out in public, then this is no longer a free society.
Good-bye America. You will be missed.
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