Comments on: 9 Companies Bid For Chicago’s Speed Camera Contract

By: Pete

Pete — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 03:58:17 +0000

DoR Employee, I can’t wait until you get your first speed camera ticket. Didn’t you know, that block is a 20 MPH school zone speed limit since there is a kid that is home schooled. That will be $100. Don’t think it’s fair? Tell it to the Chicago administrative law kangaroo court “judge”.

By: The Ticket Doctor

The Ticket Doctor — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 18:39:49 +0000

SPEED CAMERAS: READY, SHOOT AIM AIM AIM!

By: DoR Employee

DoR Employee — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 02:41:48 +0000

Pete….

Revenue PEA’s are under instruction to not enforce Any School Parking restrictions other than the normal crosswalk/tow zone/hydrant type violations..

That includes the Charter and Private schools that have the good sense to actually teach children and not strike.

By: Pete

Pete — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 02:25:30 +0000

I’m sure school zone tickets will be written, after all it was SUPPOSED to be a school day and we can’t let a measly school strike get in the way of city revenue. In fact we’ll need that revenue to give the teachers their 30% raise (and to send Karen Lewis for another trip to Old Country Buffet).

By: Greg

Greg — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 21:49:24 +0000

I’ve got a question – with the strike going on, does that mean all the school zone parking regulations are not in effect since these are not school days?

By: Jeff

Jeff — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 14:54:48 +0000

The whole rationale for the speed cameras was Rahm’s cynical (and factually baseless) arguments on child safety. Now it turns out that under Illinois law, it may be both technologically impractical and financially cost prohititive to enforce speed cameras tickets in school zones (since tickets are only enforceable with admissible evidence of the presence of children at the time of the offense). Yet another hilarious and epic FAIL from the poison dwarf who sits in the Mayor’s office.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 14:30:22 +0000

I have no doubt that the fix is in for Redflex Traffic Systems, the company whose lobbyist, Greg Goldner, is a major compaign donor for Mayor Emanuel (see the Tribune articles on this “competely innocent” connection, published in March of this year).

To take a page from Claude Rains in “Casablanca,” I will be “shocked, shocked” to find graft and kickbacks at work here.

Not only would a Redflex contract mean that every ticket would help finance Tiny Dancer’s reelection. Redflex is also an Australian company, so all the profits from this wretched program will be sent offshore.

Once again, Chicago taxpayers and motorists get the shaft thanks to The Rahmfather and his Transit Commissar Gabe Klein.

By: David

David — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 13:40:36 +0000

Speed cameras put the burden on the poorest in the city? Nonsense. The poorest in the city o not have cars and are badly served by poor CTA service. (no el line goes South of 95th, for example). It’s one of he barriers to work. It takes a long tie nd money to get to he jobs. The one group not burdened by speed cameras are the poorest residents. I am not saying that speed cameras are a good solution, but let’s not invoke the “but think of the poor card”

By: DoR Employee

DoR Employee — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 02:44:30 +0000

Jackie…people that violate the speed limit are as diverse as those that park on a hydrant or park in a tow zone or scam the meters and then whine when they get a ticket.

If you don’t speed…you don’t risk a ticket. It is just that simple.

With the longer school days…7am to 5pm around schools and 9am to 11pm around Park District locations should be more than sufficient.

By: The Parking Ticket Geek

The Parking Ticket Geek — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 01:49:55 +0000

Greg,

The Tribune article is actually overly dramatic and inaccurate. The story’s implication is that ALL potential safety zone speed cam intersections are also school zones. So, the majority of the potential speed cam locations won’t have to worry about the issue of “when children are present”.