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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I love it.[/quote]

The cameras are mostly in poor areas, and tickets are disproportionately paid by black drivers. You love a blatantly racist policy?[/quote]

Fatalities are mostly in poor areas and the people who die are disproportionately minorities. Is ticketing the drivers most likely to kill minorities in traffic accidents "blatantly racist" or is not ticketing such drivers "blatantly racist"? Which one is it? I'll wait. [/quote]

Funny how few traffic cameras are in majority white neighborhoods. I guess you just know what's best for black people, right? [/quote]

Studies overwhelming show that cameras reduce traffic fatalities. Moreover, cameras provide a means of traffic enforcement that avoids the need for traffic stops, which can be deadly for police officers, drivers, and passengers.

Accepting the overwhelming evidence, should DC not place cameras in those locations where traffic fatalities are the highest?

Should the city just avoid these high crash areas and accept the high rate of fatalities there to ensure compliance with your warped notion of racial justice that argues that DC should avoid giving out too many speeding tickets in areas that are disproportionately black but not do anything to reduce the number of black people who suffer injuries and fatalities in traffic crashes.[/quote]

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