Cincinnati voters to vote on red light cams

I quite frankly am glad folks will get a say on an important local issue.

In November, voters in the city of Cincinnati will get to vote on whether the city should outlaw red light cameras. The fact is that the cameras have never been about public safety. Other cities have tried them, only to have tickets repeatedly sent to the wrong motorists. They have failed to improve safety and have enriched only the companies that run them.

Often the yellow phase of a traffic light has been shortened just so more people are ticketed. This has the potential for disastrous consequences.

The vote will occur if the signatures on the ballot petition are verified. (Colorado's Republican Secretary of State certified that state's work-for-less referendumb even though countless signatures were fake, but I don't know what the policy in Ohio is.)

(Source: http://news.cincinnati.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080820/NEWS0108/308200055/1169/NEWS)