Professor Elam

Dallas City Council may be forced to ‘idle’ red light cameras.   Because they are too effective and therefore not generating enough revenue…only in government.

Here is a classic government cost volume profit fiasco.  Now so many people are obeying the stop lights at camera monitored intersections, the projected revenue is not what is was supposed to be. Yep projected revenue is already down. The naive among you might think, great we are all safer.  No way, the City Councilis now considering staggering when the cameras work hoping to catch more law breakers and get the revenue up.  Note one council woman long skeptical of this approah points ot increased rear ene collisions as motorists brake to a stop to avoid a ticket. Swell, our govt in action,literally.