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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Did you know there's almost no stop sign cameras west of the park? I wonder how that happens....[/quote]

There's 17 speed cameras in Ward 3. In Ward 7, there's almost 60.

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Listing this without listing data on accidents or fatalities isn’t that useful. 
Traffic accidents, injuries, and fatalities are FAR higher in ward 7 than 3. This isn’t the racist “gotcha” that you think it is.

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Actually it is.

https://www.propublica.org/article/chicagos-race-neutral-traffic-cameras-ticket-black-and-latino-drivers-the-most[/quote]

Accidents and fatalities are much higher in majority black zip codes. Should city officials defer to those who break the law or those who are victimized by law breakers?

The underlying problem is that road infrastructure is generally much more conducive to speeding in black majority zip codes. The solution is more traffic calming etc..[/quote]

Accidents and fatalities are rare in every section of the city. The city should not bombard people with tickets that cost them lots of money and make no difference to accident rates. [/quote]

No one is bombarding you. You are actively breaking the law. You can choose to stop.[/quote]

It would make more sense if we just had the cops give out the tickets. So many of the camera tickets are bullshit-y foot fault tickets. It's just harassment. [/quote]

A cop can at least determine when a ticket is actually deserved. I've paid more tickets than I care to admit where I stopped at a stop sign but my bumper was slightly hanging over the crosswalk. Even if there are no pedestrians anywhere, they will give you a ticket. What is the point of that? It just makes people think this is a money making racket, and has nothing to do with safety. [/quote]

It doesn't have anything to do with safety.  There's a very loud vocal minority that just wants to punish cars.  They brigaded social media during the pandemic and the normies didn't speak up.[/quote]

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