In response to the “Speed cameras are bad for Delaware” letter in the June 26 edition of the Cape Gazette, I would like to suggest his arguments against speed cameras seem to miss the most important reason why speed cameras can make a huge difference in our state. The excessive speed on our highways and back roads has taken away too many people’s right to life. Law-abiding citizens are being put in dangerous situations by reckless drivers who do not respect the speed limits on these roads, or the lives of others who have a right to feel safe driving on the roads of our state.
Since this reckless driving is rampant on our roads, we do not have enough police to ticket enough drivers to make our roads safe. I applaud our state legislators for caring enough for the safety of their constituents to pass a law to allow speed cameras.
Since these speed cameras have proven to effectively capture pictures of the cars and the speed they are traveling, there is absolutely no reason to clog up our court dockets and waste taxpayers’ money to have trials for drivers caught speeding. They have a clear choice to obey the law by adhering to designated speed limits or face the consequences. All cars today have easy-to-view speedometers, so a reckless driver operating a car above the posted speed limit has no defense.
As far as the argument about the revenue from the tickets paying for the cameras, that really makes voting for deploying speed cameras even easier to do. They will pay for themselves and support jobs. So for the safety of all those who use the roads in Delaware and in honor of all those who have lost their lives on our roads, I beg our state senators to pass House Bill 94. As far as Sam Chick goes, I suggest he start practicing driving the speed limit on his travels on our roads and he won’t have to worry about contributing to the revenue source.
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