They are calling them “safety zones,” but they’ll cover near 70% of the city of Chicago according to a report by The Chicago Sun Times below.

This map outlines the consequences of a bill that just passed through both houses of Illinois legislature. If Governor Quinn signs off on this monster, the bulk of the city of Chicago will become eligible for surveillance by a profit driven, corrupt foreign corporation, Redflex Traffic Systems. This is clearly not about safety.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel is using the excuse that the safety of the children of his city is at stake, but he fails to address anything about signal timing in the intersections where red light cameras currently take 24/7 video surveillance.

Unfortunately, nobody has even asked him the question, which takes Emanuel and the rest of the camera pushers off the hook. Chicago’s 2.5 second yellow lights lead to more erratic driving and accidents than any other factor, but if they were extended to a safe 4.0-4.5 seconds, the camera systems would become unprofitable.

Instead of addressing the overall signal timing issue, which could also explain accidents involving pedestrians that Emanuel keeps using as a scapegoat for creating a surveillance zone encircling his entire city.

It looks like a fairly good possibility that these “safety zones” will be coming to a Chicago neighborhood near you. The backlash will be enormous, but in the mean time, Redflex and Rahm will rake in the dough by the barrel full. 

by CameraFRAUD

Rahm Emanuel’s speed camera bill, also known as HB-3851 in the Illinois Legislature has no threshold for speed written into it. (HB-3851)

What this means is that a “violation” of just 1 MPH over the speed limit could end up costing Chicago motorists $100.00.

Redflex, who would be the contractor for the speed cameras in Chicago and all over Illinois, for that matter, is notorious for ticketing drivers in their home country of Australia for going less than 6 MPH (10 kilometers/hr).

Not only is the bill loosely worded enough for such low margins for “speeding,” but it leaves it up for each individual city to decide. Chicago is already known for their illegally short yellow light times, so would they really be able to resist having the lowest speed tolerance in the U.S.?

Are you ready for photo tickets for driving 46 in a 45 zone? 

by CameraFRAUD