Maybe Houston's red light cams can apply for a FEMA grant
The Chron's Matt Stiles notes that Hurricane Ike caused the city to lose some expected revenue from the red light cameras...er, not that those cams are there to make money, of course:
Only about 9,000 citations were issued during the month of September, Houston police records show, about half the monthly average. The department issued 17,000 in August, for example, and about 19,500 in October.
Police say many of the cameras stopped working after the storm brought high winds and left power outages in its wake. (You'll remember that some traffic signals were out for weeks after the storm.)
The outage could be costly. Let's assume that the city didn't issue about 9,000 tickets. Then factor in the 70-percent collection rate on the $75 tickets. That's a potential loss of $500,000 in revenue.
As one commenter on Stiles' post notes:
Well, since it's not supposed to be a money making project for the city, but more of a safety patrol instead, I don't see the problem here!
Yep!
Posted by Anne Linehan @ 11/25/08 04:48 AM | Print |
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