When I lived in Clarksville, they had intersection cameras to ticket anyone that ran a red light. Couple problems with it.
Drivers started slamming on their brakes; causing more accidents
The city outsourced the cameras, so they received only pennies on the dollar for every ticket.
I think they eventually removed them, but I can’t recall. I visited last September to take a class for work, and I didn’t see any cameras, so they might be gone.
Wait…so the company that supplied the cameras wasn’t even from the U.S.?
Wow…this just gets more insane the more I learn about it. As conservative as Tennessee can be, they first outsourced their law enforcement for a return of pennies on the dollar to the city, AND the taxpayers ended up subsidizing a foreign company.
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When I lived in Clarksville, they had intersection cameras to ticket anyone that ran a red light. Couple problems with it.
I think they eventually removed them, but I can’t recall. I visited last September to take a class for work, and I didn’t see any cameras, so they might be gone.
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Wait…so the company that supplied the cameras wasn’t even from the U.S.?
Wow…this just gets more insane the more I learn about it. As conservative as Tennessee can be, they first outsourced their law enforcement for a return of pennies on the dollar to the city, AND the taxpayers ended up subsidizing a foreign company.
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Personally, I’m not that surprised by it