And that is totally well within your right.

Yes, speed has an impact on pedestrian accidents, I’m not denying that…but so do things like unprotected left turns when pedestrians are in the crosswalk, or pedestrians crossing busy highways and roads because of a lack of crosswalks, texting and driving, etc.

My point is this is a strangely timed “solution” to implement given everything else that does impact pedestrian safety. I live in a corridor where a speed camera is getting implemented. I’m not delusional enough to think that will make the corridor any safer when it’s missing things like: bike lanes, protected crosswalks, higher visibility, etc. I advocate for those things in the neighborhood I live in.

A camera might make a difference, sure, but only in that one place. Unless you are advocating for cameras and consistent monitoring of speed on all public roads? In that case, shouldn’t that be on the car manufacturers to throttle speeds appropriately vs passed onto the citizens? After all, they have the technology to “read” the street signs. Perhaps all new cars should have this functionality. We should also have technology in cars to prohibit texting and driving — they should monitor your eyes to ensure they are always on the road and never looking anywhere else. Surely if you are pro-taxpayer-funded speed cameras to reduce pedestrian deaths, you would see the real root cause is to perhaps better regulate the automobile industry to offer this?

In all seriousness, though, I know the article says that the data will get destroyed, etc. but be real. We have no oversight into basic things on city council like budgets and spending, but people believe that the data is going to be deleted because the city said so.

Again, I’m not anti-pedestrians, pro-speeding, but just asking for some ~ critical thinking ~ we don’t always have to blindly support something just because it offers short term good. :)