“How’s my driving?” asks your bumper sticker. “Not great, Bob,” says the robot with a camera. That little one-act play repeats on the daily at 15 intersections across Portland, thanks to fixed speed cameras. Councilor Steve Novick thinks the city should install 1,000 of them. Traffic safety advocate Sarah Iannarone wants more, too, but worries they get installed primarily in low-income neighborhoods (“Double Vision,” WW, July 2). That debate engrossed our readers for a while, until they detoured down memory lane to recall their own traffic citations. Here’s what they had to say:
Mark F, via wweek.com: “Reporters need to question these statements more. Do low-income people not have a choice on how fast they drive? That’s a little condescending to think that just because you have lower income, you can’t adhere to speed limits.”
PDsaurusX, via Reddit: “Exhibit 462,359 in the case of Portland v. Getting Anything Done. GTFO with this disparate impact nonsense.”…