http://austinist.com/2006/11/02/big_brother_is_watching_but_sitting_on_his_hands.php All comments for Big Brother Is Watching. But Sitting on His Hands(?) en-us 2009 Adam S Thu, 01 Jan 2009 12:41:20 -0600 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss aschragin@gmail.com aschragin@gmail.com 60 http://austinist.com/2006/11/02/big_brother_is_watching_but_sitting_on_his_hands.php#comment-603005 http://austinist.com/2006/11/02/big_brother_is_watching_but_sitting_on_his_hands.php#comment-603005 Comments Fri, 03 Nov 2006 10:47:35 -0600 <p>That's absurd. Companies could just as easily make their money selling the physical equipment - even though today, as Scott says, most or all take a loss on the equipment in order to make money on the operations (through tickets). There's nothing magic about red-light cameras which makes them ineligible to be sold under a different type of contract - be it a flat operations contract (no matter how many or how few tickets) or a simple equipment (no contract) purchase. I've also covered the contrarian position on my crackplog (link in sig).</p> http://austinist.com/2006/11/02/big_brother_is_watching_but_sitting_on_his_hands.php#comment-601928 http://austinist.com/2006/11/02/big_brother_is_watching_but_sitting_on_his_hands.php#comment-601928 Comments Fri, 03 Nov 2006 06:46:08 -0600 <p>No, they won't stop red light running - they're not really supposed to. Theyr'e a revenue generator. If they actually reduced red light running, the companies paying to put the cameras up wouldn't make any profits. I wrote more about this on Huevos Rancheros. Best,</p>