Red-light cameras bad idea
Re: Aug. 28 column by Austin City Council Member Jennifer Kim, "Let's test red-light cameras":
With all due respect to Kim, her elected position and her research, the red-light cameras plan is the dumbest idea I've heard since Gov. Rick Perry's toll-road boondoggle.
The citizens and environment of Austin would be infinitely better served if the city adjusted the lights to correspond with traffic flow instead of using dubious means to fill its coffers.
I cannot disagree more with Kim. Rather than promote safer streets, an increase in idling cars will result in further road rage and reckless driving in an already too-crowded metropolis. Don't we spend enough time in Austin stuck at red lights wasting precious oil and waiting on no one while the ineffective light system keeps us hampered from getting from point A to point B? This is a sham that I'm not buying.
FLETCHER LENZ
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