Articles filed under Transportation
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Elk Grove resident drops idea of red light camera referendumJul 17, 2009 11:00 pm - An Elk Grove Village library board trustee who said Friday morning he would spearhead getting an advisory referendum on red-light cameras onto the local February 2010 ba...
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Des Plaines mayor says council should revisit red-light camerasJul 16, 2009 11:00 pm - Des Plaines Mayor Marty Moylan says he will ask the city council to review the use of red-light cameras at intersections after seeing new information revealed through a ...
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Senate president to review red light camera legislationJul 16, 2009 11:00 pm - Senate President John Cullerton, who was a chief proponent of red-light cameras, says he plans to take a fresh look at the law and potentially ban sending out automatic ...
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Lawmakers call for tighter rules for red-light camerasJul 15, 2009 11:00 pm - Red-light cameras were shepherded into the suburbs several years ago with wide political support. That backing is evaporating. Numerous suburban lawmakers are now critic...
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If dangerous, then no turns on redJul 15, 2009 11:00 pm - I agree with Sen. Dan Duffy's letter published Wednesday. If these red-light camera intersections are supposed to be so dangerous why not put no turn on red signs at the...
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Save us money, restrict turns on redJul 15, 2009 11:00 pm - I just read the letter from state Sen. Dan Duffy of Barrington. I agree with him completely. The red light camera, such as the one at Woodfield, has caused drivers more ...
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Halt fines until camera laws fixedJul 15, 2009 11:00 pm - Cash cow or safety tool? That's the core of the debate over the installation and use of red-light cameras in the suburbs. Our four-part series Seeing Red revealed that t...
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Red-light cameras' series good reportingJul 15, 2009 11:00 pm - Thank you to the Daily Herald for the investigative reporting on the red-light cameras and how they are being used mainly to make money for the towns and how they only c...
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Red-light cameras' series good reportingJul 15, 2009 11:00 pm - Thank you to the Daily Herald for the investigative reporting on the red-light cameras and how they are being used mainly to make money for the towns and how they only c...
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Cameras can contribute to accidentsJul 15, 2009 11:00 pm - I am a daily, faithful reader of your newspaper and would like to comment on your recent series about red-light cameras. I would like to acquaint you with a situation th...