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As a follow up to the Red Phone about police issuing tickets to
raise money, wouldn’t traffic light and speed limit cameras would
be a good money maker?
“As a follow up to the Red Phone about police issuing tickets to raise money, wouldn’t traffic light and speed limit cameras would be a good money maker? It would stop the red light runners and folks who think its OK to speed through the town. It works in Europe.”
Red Phone: Dear Snap a Photo, while Red Phone agrees that red light cameras could generate additional revenue – in fact Red Phone’s photo was snapped by a red light camera in Fremont some years ago, and a substantial fine was paid – it’s getting to the point where if you are out in public, you are probably on some camera somewhere.
Think about it. You get a cup of coffee at 7-Eleven in the morning, you’re on camera. You go to the bank, you’re on camera, you go to the DMV, you’re on camera. Wal-Mart. Target. Safeway. Heck, just about anywhere you go, you’re on camera. Red Phone can envision the day when Big Brother sits at a huge bank of cameras, monitoring us as we muddle through our day and taxing us by where we go and what we consume.
While red light cameras could generate additional revenue, do we really want more and more cameras watching us? Perhaps it’s time for our leaders to find other ways to raise additional revenue.
Just a thought, good caller.
Directional sign will soon be correct
“One of the new directional signs the city recently installed points to car dealerships off of East Dunne, when in reality, there was only one dealership (Chevrolet), and now there is none. I guess the signs were created when there were plans to install several dealerships in that section of the city? Should this sign be removed as it is inaccurate?”
Red Phone: Dear Should it be Removed, you are correct that for months the sign pointed to a vacant dealership. But, according to a story in Friday’s edition, the owner of Gilroy Honda is looking to open a dealership where the former Courtesy Chevrolet was once located. They expect to open with 150 vehicles in stock – about a third used – in four to six months. Courtesy Chevrolet closed its doors in April after 12 years in business. This followed the February closing of Gilroy’s Pontiac Buick and Ford Lincoln Mercury.
City Manager Ed Tewes said if a new car dealership moves in it would be “great for the city’s fiscal health and good for the community by providing more shopping opportunities.”
Red Phone would like to believe the news is a sign that the economy is making a slow recovery.
