[cairns]

Very sad. And inexcusable.

OTOH I would love to shoot every camera I see and would gladly riddle those stupid vans with the cameras in them with as many automatic weapons as I could find- a rocket launcher would be even better.

They're all over Maryland, form a large portion of the state and county budget and there will soon be lots more (thank you Martin O'Malley- we love being sodomized!). In a six mile jaunt from my office to the grocery store to home last night: two cops, three speed cameras. The latter conveniently placed where the speed limit drops from 45 or 40 to 30- on roads where the average speed is 50.

If you like them vote be sure to vote Democratic. I've only seen Republicans vote against them- and only the Washington Times (never the Post) has run stories exposing the $, the rigged red light timing etc. In Montgomery County, where I live, even the cops have been giving fingers to the red light cameras (caught on camera of course!) and their union argued they shouldn't have to pay the tickets (and as far as I know the Union won that argument).

If our Government cared about safety they'd ban hand held cell phones; or allow the street lights to be overridden by emergency vehicles or fund an actual driver's education program, etc. But we all know this isn't about safety.