In which Arizona wins

[unixronin]

Arizona is shutting down and removing all state-operated highway speed cameras, effective July 16.  Apparently they were instituted two years ago by then-Governor Janet Napolitano — yes, that Janet Napolitano — but haven't lived up to her projected $90 million annual revenue, not least because reportedly only 30% of Arizona speed-camera tickets have ever been paid.

Among those who criticized the financial motives of the system was Gov. Jan Brewer, then-secretary of state.

"She did not support the state photo-radar system because it appeared from the beginning to be designed exclusively as a revenue generator," Paul Senseman, a Brewer spokesman, said in an e-mail.

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[mazianni.livejournal.com]

ISTR reading an article about a year or two ago about speed trap cameras in some mid-Atlantic city. All the locals knew where they were and avoided them or slowed down. A relative handful of out-of-towners would get caught, so in effect the cameras were used to levy a tax on out of town travelers. At least, that's how the article was spun. Either way, probably not worth the cost of installing and maintaining them.