Readers Write: Erect stop sign for red-light cameras

The Island Now

Criticism of the school zone camera program is rampant. 

As implementation grows, and more and more are being ticketed, the public simply cannot allow enforcement to continue without answers to the questions that will justify continuation of what looks like an arrogant, badly planned and unreasonable program that could be fraught with technical problems.  

We need to mount an organized protest and demand answers to the many questions that have arisen. Apparently prior protests have not been heeded.

On a personal level, my daughter and I are suddenly criminals, wild speed demons, deserving of expensive repeated penalties. 

In the space of a week or two, we received a total of six summonses, more than we have ever gotten in a total of 99 years of driving. 

Neither of us has ever injured anyone with our cars.

Machines are not infallible, they do not reason, and it is possible that those who use them have not put much thought or common sense into their use. 

I suspect that the punishment does not fit the crime.

As a longtime advocate of worthy causes, I hope to enlist others to try to find a solution for what is purported to be a safety problem in a fashion that thus far has created other problems. 

I might add that there is also a problem with yellow and red light cameras.

If you want to join me in exploring a reasonable solution, feel free to email me at  esconfino@gmail.com

I think we will need to find a public venue at which we can plan a campaign. We need to hear from many more victims. We need to persuade public officials to listen to what citizens want. 

On every level of government, I might add, we are not being heard.

Esther Confino

New Hyde Park

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