Big Brother: Traffic Speeding Cameras
In addition to the traffic red-light cameras, traffic speeding cameras are showing up at a exponential rate on city streets and highways near you. To be honest, I can easily cope with red-light traffic cameras despite the fact they their main purpose is to add funds to local communities rather than to protect its citizens. In any case, running red-lights is very dangerous so I think if you receive a ticket for running the red-light, then you most likely deserve it. However, when a car is tagging too closely behind me, I have certainly pushed through a light to avoid being rear-ended. In fact, red-light cameras are increasing the number of rear-end accidents.
However, the reach of these cameras has been extended to city streets and highways. In fact, I was in an unfamiliar in Washington, D.C. one night last fall. Being in an unfamiliar area, I did not take the time to notice the actual speed limit, which was 25 mph by the way. I was going downhill and my car picked up some speed to reach 35 miles per hour. A sensed a brief flash in background but thought nothing of it at the time. However, I was reminded of the flash a couple weeks later when I received a $150 ticket in the mail for going 10 miles over the speed limit.
Not only are these traffic cameras now on city streets but they are on interstates as well. Along I-95 in Maryland, signs are posted that traffic speed is monitored using traffic speed cameras. At least you get a warning here. Almost everyone speeds some on the interstate. I guess these cameras will keep this in check.
If you don’t have traffic cameras in your area, I am sure that they are coming soon. Private companies are pushing them hard as public safeguards. However, we all know that it is simply a cash cow for these private companies and easy funds for local districts.
If you never exceed the speed limit, then traffic cameras shouldn’t matter at all to you. I, however, don’t know any driver who adheres to the speed limit judiciously. Even if you make your best effort to stick to the speed limit, you still have to watch out for your vehicle picking up speed while driving downhill.
Big Brother has his omnipresent eye on you and is licking at the chops to extract $100s out of your wallet. The rapid rise of traffic cameras make this almost unavoidable. How can you protect yourself against Big Brother? There are many options available and I have test them all. The best by far is the Photoblocker, a spray that requires a single application and lasts the lifetime of the license plate.
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