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by JackFr 527 days ago
The real unintended consequence is that cities ultimately don’t like to run them. They’re effective, and thus the revenue the city is expecting disappears. In they end they become costs rather than revenue sources.
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The root problem is voters tolerating a government that sees law enforcement as a profit center.
that hasn't been true in any city i've lived in that had speed cameras (shockingly few actually). dc makes money on their cameras