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Geneva Will Say Goodbye to Red-Light Cameras March 8
The three-year program ends with mixed results, but Geneva Mayor Kevin Burns says the experiment was worthwhile.
Geneva's three-year experiment with red-light cameras at two dangerous intersections will come to an end in early March. Geneva police Cmdr. Julie Nash said by e-mail this week that the contract is set to expire at 11:59 p.m. March 8, 2013. That "fade to black" marks the end of a sometimes controversial police enforcement technology that was hailed by some as the wave of the future and condemned by others as too much "Big Brother" oversight by local government. Red-light cameras also came into play as a political issue in the 2012 Republican primary race for Kane County Board chairman, when then-candidate Chris Lauzen held a press conference decrying the cameras in the hometown of his opponent, Geneva Mayor Kevin Burns. Burns said Thursday…
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Why not erect large signs on all approaches to the intersections? "DANGEROUS INTERSECTION AHEAD! killed last year: NNN This year so far: NNN" Be careful!" Wouldn't it be great if that's all it took to cut accidents in half? more ›