California stop sign runners - photo enforced

Gus Philpott
The Woodstock Advocate
October 3, 2010

An article in this morning's Northwest Herald made me smile. It seems that some California drivers are learning expensive lessons about stop signs.

Stop signs in a park popular with morning runners are ignored, and one driver got four tickets in the mail, running up a bill of $700 (no pun intended).

"Ain't that a shame."

In 18 months parks' stop-sign cameras generated 35,000 tickets, and parks have collected almost $2,000,000.

Associated Press reporter Daisy Nguyen showed her true colors, when she wrote about "speed traps" and "cash-strapped cities". If a person runs a stop sign, they deserve a ticket, and it shouldn't require a cop to stand there 24/7 to wait for the person. Cameras are a perfect way to tag stop-sign violators, just as they are for speeding and red-light violations. Next stop might be cell phone users in active school zones.