People need to be aware that red-light cameras have been ruled unconstitutional by the Missouri Supreme Court. In their declaration, their finding revealed that a prior law had allowed the yellow light to be decreased to 2 seconds to accommodate the cameras and collect more revenue. Also among their findings was that increasing the caution light time by one second, probably where it was before, the amount of accidents would decrease by 40 percent.
I personally timed the yellow lights and that is how long they stayed on, about 2 seconds. In a busy intersection, as in Colonial Heights, the driver must watch three or four directions at one time, and cannot concentrate solely on the light. That gives him little reflex time and even less as you get older, so it does discriminate against the elderly and is a valid argument as our reflexes get slower with age.
It is amazing what people will do in the name of the law and safety. Let’s throw them out and elect new officials. Let’s clean house this election. If you wonder where the jobs went, ask Bill Clinton and the people who voted for our trade agreements. Never figured out why the unions support either party. Have they never put 2 and 2 together?
Yes! He had a balanced budget but since GATT, we have less and less jobs. Thank you, Democrats and Republicans who created massive unemployment and sent jobs and money overseas. I thought it was funny how a decent wage for the majority is inflationary, but creating billionaires and extravagant bonuses and salaries for politicians and CEO isn’t. Never could figure that out! Maybe you can. A billion dollars here and there would create a lot of jobs if we didn’t send it overseas.
Curtis Nichols
Blountville, Tenn.
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