Elm Leaves

Letter: Red light camera safe and profitable

 

August 31, 2012 4:44PM

Elmwood Park Elm Leaves
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Updated: October 14, 2012 12:16PM

I cannot understand the thinking of wanting to remove the red light camera. First of all, isn’t it illegal to make a right on red before coming to a complete stop before the intersection? And, in making a left turn it should only be on a green, not a long yellow/red. I was one of those people that was “caught” during the amnesty period.

Since then I have not received a ticket. As I understood Paul Volpe’s comments, the camera has made an impact on people breaking the law and keeping the intersection safer. So why take it out? Plus it has generated $51,000 + in revenue to the village last year alone.

Do we want to lose that money? Where else will those additional funds come from? Who wins if someone is hit by a car because the sign and camera had been removed and some driver feels they can break the law because they are not being recorded? Is there an issue with following the law!?

I just don’t get it!

Kerstin Mourar

Elmwood Park




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