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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2006/jun/8/20060608-121304-5477r/

[quote]George Porter, 51, a taxi driver and lifelong D.C. resident, said he hasn’t seen many cameras in Northwest. However, he said he’s noticed quite a few on heavily traveled roads in Northeast and Southeast, including Benning Avenue Northeast — a freewaylike thoroughfare which is not located in a residential area but has a 30 mph speed limit.

“That one just seems excessive to me,” Mr. Porter said. “There’s no way you’re going to hurt a pedestrian there.”

James Cole, 46, who was born and raised in the District, said he thinks commuter routes are the program’s primary target, but the lack of cameras outside of the eastern half of the city lends credence to the claims of racial disparity.[/quote][/quote]

Don't speed and you don't get a ticket..how is that hard?

There are speed cameras all over Potomac and Bethesda - a majority white area. They are all over the Palisades - a majority white area.  It's not rocket science. [/quote]

As mentioned above, we don't have data for who gets speed and red light camera tickets in Montgomery County. In DC, some have observed they are concentrated in majority Black neighborhoods. Across the US, Black communities have a lot of very unsafe roads. That sucks and it also means they need to fix the roads.

The whole basis for enforcement is to make the roads safer. You all think by pulling over a disproportionate number of Black people, that makes the roads safer. Yet, this disproportionate enforcement becomes more disproportionate over time. It doesn't sound like it's functioning as a deterrent. So that raises the question, [b]shouldn't we change the road design[/b]? Otherwise enforcement is just a game of whack a mole.[/quote]

Yes, we should. But that takes years and years and years and years, unfortunately. Speed cameras also take years, but fewer years. So while we're waiting for the roads to be made safer in disadvantaged areas, we can at least add enforcement of the dangerous drivers in those areas. And in all other areas too. If it were up to me, there would be red lights cameras at each and every traffic signal in Montgomery County, tomorrow.[/quote]

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