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Open letter to Knoxville City Council

This is my letter sent to each member of City Council:

I am writing to ask you for your help. Over the years the yellow light
duration has gone from 5 seconds to 3 to 4 seconds. This has created a
safety hazard for intersections in Knoxville. I ask that you require
City Engineering to have a full five-second yellow light and a two
second hold on cross traffic.

I ask that you do this regardless of what decision you make on the red
light cameras. I hope you will change your previous approval and deny
the red light cameras. City after city has learned that these cameras
cause more accidents. Public safety is your most important
responsibility. If the City must have more revenue then raise the
property tax.

This is one of the most important decisions ever considered by City
Council. It is possible that a major lawsuit against the City could be
filed charging that the City was negligent in allowing the red light
cameras with a shortened yellow light duration. There is so much data
available today to show red light cameras with shortened yellow light
durations cause accidents. How could the City defend against such a
lawsuit?

The majority of the residents are against the red light cameras. Our
desire is public safety. When you placed revenue over public safety
you do so against our wishes.

If for any reason you have not seen the information I am referring to
I have listed some of it below. Please use your authority to require
City Engineering to have a full five-second yellow light and a two
second hold on cross traffic.

http://www.coloradoan.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051030/NEWS01/510300317/1002

http://www.thenewspaper.com/news/02/288.asp

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/03/AR2005100301844.html

http://www.motorists.com/issues/enforce/georgiacenter.html

http://www.cityofknoxville.org/engineering/traffic/signals.asp

http://www.phantomplate.com/testimonial/weeklystandardPart2.htm

5 Responses to “Open letter to Knoxville City Council”

  1. JustJohnny » 5 L-O-N-G S-E-C-O-N-D-S Says:

    […] SayUncle has written an open letter to the powers that be in KNOXVille, in it he included: The majority of the residents are against the red light cameras. Our desire is public safety. When you placed revenue over public safety you do so against our wishes. […]

  2. #9 Says:

    Actually that was my letter to City Council.

    # 9

  3. Surveiller et Punir Says:

    Uncle deletes posts. What is this? Freeperville? Must be.

  4. SayUncle Says:

    I didn’t delete your post. may have got caught in the spam filter.

  5. #9 Says:

    Update from # 9

    https://www.saysuncle.com/archives/2005/11/09/government_malpractice_red_light_camera_update/

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