One of our California members alerted us to a grassroots effort to put a stop to red-light cameras in Alameda County.
The Red Light Camera Protest Group plans a Ban The Cams Rally on Saturday, Feb. 4th.
- Where: Corner of Mowry Ave. and Fremont Blvd., Fremont. (Protesters can pick up signs behind the Valero gas station.)
- When: Noon
- Why: Because red-light cameras are all about revenue and not about safety.
According to the group’s flyer:
- Cities can extend the length of yellow lights by less than one second and cut violations in half.
- Over 50,000 tickets, $480 each, are issued annually just in Alameda County extracting $20 million from the local economy for no good reason.
- Cities aggressively enforce low-speed right-turn violations at nearly $500 per violation not for safety reasons but for profit. There is no data supporting such aggressive enforcement.
For more information or to be alerted to upcoming demonstrations, email rlouisj@aol.com.
