The city finally backed off and scrapped those predatory speed cameras. This is a massive win against the bureaucrats who treat our commute like a personal piggy bank. Stay alert because we will be watching to make sure they do not try to sneak this garbage back into our streets.
August 28, 2022
Final supporters
I am writing to ask you to get rid of NYC default speed limit of 25 mph and end the use of photo enforcement speed and red light cameras.Both types of ticket cameras require deliberately improper traffic safety engineering parameters to be profitable,using less-safe artificially-low speed limits and yellow intervals on the lights that are too short for the actual approach speeds.
If we end the use of photo enforcement we can cut down on the number of unfair tickets motorists receive and cut traveling time for every New Yorker.The goal should be to make the streets safer for everyone not to extort revenue from motorists through deliberately improper and unsafe traffic engineering.
Research shows that driving at unsafe slow speeds is a public health crisis,and raising the speed limit based on the 85th percentile can reduce the frequency and severity of traffic crashes.Traveling at slow speeds produces road rage in NYC.
The artificially low 25 mph speed limit will produce more jay walkers causing pedestrians to be more likely struck by drivers because of deliberately improper traffic safety engineering.
Please review the 25 mph speed limit and the impact it has on everyone's life in NYC.The 25 mph speed limit represents an unfair tax on all drivers.In a city known for it's fast pace,slowing everyone down causes frustration which makes the streets dangerous for everyone.We need reasonable speed limits in NYC.The best way to set reasonable speed limits is to measure the 85th percentile at which traffic flows.Artificially low speed limits reduce safety by causing more speed variance,more tailgating,more passing,more lane changes,more conflicts between vehicles,untrue information on travel speeds for pedestrians &cyclists,and a generally less smooth and less safe traffic flow.
Josh
Updates
August 2, 2022
Five hundred people have signed on to fight this blatant revenue grab by city hall. The bureaucrats banking on these predatory speed cameras are finally feeling the heat of our collective frustration.
Reached 500 supporters
August 1, 2022
Reached 100 supporters
August 24, 2015
210 Comments
These cameras are designed to increase the cost of driving and make living in NYC harder than it already is. Additionally, they are operational 24 hours a day. There are no children going to school in the middle of the night. It's clear that this is just a cash grab and it needs to be abolished.
This so unfair for us as drivers , specifically i drive for living im a tlc driving sometimes we get 5 tickets per week , I cant even pay my bill in nyc now they adding even more speed traps , no wonder why people are moving out of Nyc
I'm against speed cameras, people drive more dangerous looking for speed cameras instead of people and other hazards. Speed camera won't stop anyone from running into anything, it's not a physical barrier, it's a money making scheme....
I just paid 2 speeding tickets that came in the mail and this 25mph speed limit is making my life miserable. It takes me an extra 15 minutes to get to work and a lot of the other drivers are honking and cursing me out for observing the new speed. If anything it should raised to 35 or 40 miles per hour.
25 mph is ridiculous for Ocean parkway in Brooklyn. It's a parkway for a reason with 3 lanes. most drivers don't speed on purpose but just following the flow of traffic. A bicyclists does 25 mph.
Get rid of speed cameras they are bad for poor people
This is unconstitutional let me drive my car
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The city finally backed off and scrapped those predatory speed cameras. This is a massive win against the bureaucrats who treat our commute like a personal piggy bank. Stay alert because we will be watching to make sure they do not try to sneak this garbage back into our streets.
August 28, 2022
Final supporters
I am writing to ask you to get rid of NYC default speed limit of 25 mph and end the use of photo enforcement speed and red light cameras.Both types of ticket cameras require deliberately improper traffic safety engineering parameters to be profitable,using less-safe artificially-low speed limits and yellow intervals on the lights that are too short for the actual approach speeds.
If we end the use of photo enforcement we can cut down on the number of unfair tickets motorists receive and cut traveling time for every New Yorker.The goal should be to make the streets safer for everyone not to extort revenue from motorists through deliberately improper and unsafe traffic engineering.
Research shows that driving at unsafe slow speeds is a public health crisis,and raising the speed limit based on the 85th percentile can reduce the frequency and severity of traffic crashes.Traveling at slow speeds produces road rage in NYC.
The artificially low 25 mph speed limit will produce more jay walkers causing pedestrians to be more likely struck by drivers because of deliberately improper traffic safety engineering.
Please review the 25 mph speed limit and the impact it has on everyone's life in NYC.The 25 mph speed limit represents an unfair tax on all drivers.In a city known for it's fast pace,slowing everyone down causes frustration which makes the streets dangerous for everyone.We need reasonable speed limits in NYC.The best way to set reasonable speed limits is to measure the 85th percentile at which traffic flows.Artificially low speed limits reduce safety by causing more speed variance,more tailgating,more passing,more lane changes,more conflicts between vehicles,untrue information on travel speeds for pedestrians &cyclists,and a generally less smooth and less safe traffic flow.
Josh
Updates
August 2, 2022
Five hundred people have signed on to fight this blatant revenue grab by city hall. The bureaucrats banking on these predatory speed cameras are finally feeling the heat of our collective frustration.
Reached 500 supporters
August 1, 2022
Reached 100 supporters
August 24, 2015
210 Comments
It is sooooo ridiculous that the speed limit be reducedone and the lights not be synched to allow u to.travel more than 1 or 2 blocks... And then to have cameras to send out mass tickets is a complete injustice.
These cameras are designed to increase the cost of driving and make living in NYC harder than it already is. Additionally, they are operational 24 hours a day. There are no children going to school in the middle of the night. It's clear that this is just a cash grab and it needs to be abolished.
This so unfair for us as drivers , specifically i drive for living im a tlc driving sometimes we get 5 tickets per week , I cant even pay my bill in nyc now they adding even more speed traps , no wonder why people are moving out of Nyc
I'm against speed cameras, people drive more dangerous looking for speed cameras instead of people and other hazards. Speed camera won't stop anyone from running into anything, it's not a physical barrier, it's a money making scheme....
I just paid 2 speeding tickets that came in the mail and this 25mph speed limit is making my life miserable. It takes me an extra 15 minutes to get to work and a lot of the other drivers are honking and cursing me out for observing the new speed. If anything it should raised to 35 or 40 miles per hour.
25 mph is ridiculous for Ocean parkway in Brooklyn. It's a parkway for a reason with 3 lanes. most drivers don't speed on purpose but just following the flow of traffic. A bicyclists does 25 mph.
Get rid of speed cameras they are bad for poor people
This is unconstitutional let me drive my car
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It is sooooo ridiculous that the speed limit be reducedone and the lights not be synched to allow u to.travel more than 1 or 2 blocks... And then to have cameras to send out mass tickets is a complete injustice.