[geeks] Stuff fo' sale

[Phil Stracchino]

Mike Meredith wrote:
> Funnily enough the people claiming that UK speed cameras help reduce
> accidents and the fatality of accidents when they do occur *are* the
> people who scrape bodies off the street. I'm not claiming that the US
> reports that cameras are ineffective are wrong, and not claiming that
> the UK reports that cameras are effective are wrong (both could be right
> due to implementation variations) ... just that it's wrong to assume
> reports are wrong just because they don't say what you want. 

Maybe the UK doesn't shorten yellow lights to increase ticket revenue so
that the local municipality doesn't go broke ponying up "guaranteed
minimum revenue" clauses in stupidly ill-conceived contracts drawn up by
greedy vendors whose sole interest is profit, and signed by greedy local
politicians who skip the fine print because they've been promised a
share in the take.


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