A contrarian reply to red light camera thread [priv]

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

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From: "Tony Healy"?
To: "Declan McCullagh" <declan () well com>, <politech () politechbot com>
Subject: RE: [Politech] Another report from red light cam fight in Chapel 
Hill[priv] REMOVEEMAIL
Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2004 10:49:26 +1100

It is really unfortunate that we need to have these debates on road safety.
Cars do crash, maim and kill, and about half the casualties are completely
innocent. This includes young children.

Funnily enough many people do have strong views about this, especially if
they have actually seen the effects. To impute that these concerns are
nothing more than corporate PR, as your red light camera opponents do, is
obscene.

The nub of this argument is what civilisation is all about. Roads do not
exist soley for Ben Brunk's enjoyment. He has to share them with 250 million
other people. It's called civilisation.

Regards, Tony Healy
Australia
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