Red Light Camera Controversy Drives Mayoral Race In Florida:

[Matt Collins]

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/orange/os-apopka-red-light-politics-20131222,0,726674.story

[aGameOfThrones]

In Apopka, where John Land has served a record 61 years as mayor, two of the candidates lined up to oppose the city's most iconic politician have one thing in common.

Though red-light camera critics often protest the devices at Apopka City Council meetings, Land has endorsed the traffic sentinels since 2005, when the city became the first in Central Florida to put them up. "They save lives, first and foremost it's that," the mayor said of his support.

He pointed out that red-light violations have fallen by more than 90 percent at some intersections with cameras, which he offers as evidence that the devices have improved driving habits.

"They make Apopka safer," Land said.

They also make the city richer.

No other municipality in Central Florida has made as much money with red-light cameras in the past two years than Apopka.

The city levied a total of $3.6 million in red-light fines from 22 cameras during fiscal years 2012 and 2013, about $200,000 more than second-place Orlando did during the same time span.


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[trey4sports]

i hate those damn cameras

[Keith and stuff]

$158 for running a red light when no one is around? That's a high tax. It should be a campaign issue.

[Anti Federalist]

In Apopka, where John Land has served a record 61 years as mayor, two of the candidates lined up to oppose the city's most iconic politician have one thing in common.

Though red-light camera critics often protest the devices at Apopka City Council meetings, Land has endorsed the traffic sentinels since 2005, when the city became the first in Central Florida to put them up. "They save lives, first and foremost it's that," the mayor said of his support.

He pointed out that red-light violations have fallen by more than 90 percent at some intersections with cameras, which he offers as evidence that the devices have improved driving habits.

"They make Apopka safer," Land said.

They also make the city richer.

No other municipality in Central Florida has made as much money with red-light cameras in the past two years than Apopka.

The city levied a total of $3.6 million in red-light fines from 22 cameras during fiscal years 2012 and 2013, about $200,000 more than second-place Orlando did during the same time span.

Soooo...if violations were down 90 percent, even if at just "some" intersections, how did they "raise" $3.6 million?

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[aGameOfThrones]

Soooo...if violations were down 90 percent, even if at just "some" intersections, how did they "raise" $3.6 million?

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[juleswin]

Soooo...if violations were down 90 percent, even if at just "some" intersections, how did they "raise" $3.6 million?

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It says a lot more when metric used to determine the success of the program is not the number of lives or accidents prevented year over year but the amount of revenue it brings in.

Any person that votes for a mayor that talks like this is a moron.

[Anti Federalist]

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