The Cincinnati Beacon
Where are the dangerous intersections?
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Posted by The Dean of Cincinnati
Councilmember Crowley and others who wish to install red-light cameras would have us believe this is a public safety issue. But I have not heard of any councilmember releasing the location of intersections to potentially receive these devices. Wouldn’t a simple, no-cost way to improve safety involve at least telling us the location of dangerous intersections?
Why hasn’t council picked the locations? And what sort of strategy will be used for picking locations? Will they be placed at Cincinnati’s most deadly intersections, or the ones that some kind of analysis shows to be the most profitable? Is there a difference?
If studies like these aren’t enough to convince you that red-light cameras are a bad idea, then this simple exercise in logic should demonstrate council’s questionable motives.
The City’s most dangerous intersections should be identified immediately. Word should be spread so that we all can know to be extra careful at these intersections. Perhaps a private philanthropist will even donate some “Dangerous Intersections Ahead” signs, to be posted approaching these alleged death traps.
And if Council will not tell us where the danger is located, then safety has got to be the furthest thing from their minds.
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