Either there is a good reason for these minor parking laws to exist or there isn t in which case, the bad laws should be repealed from the books, rather than our city officials making additional laws and rules that say it s OK to break the law. And while we re on the subject of teaching children to respect the law and law enforcement authorities, we still don t understand city officials justification for cancelling 17,000 tickets given out to motorists who ran a red-light camera on H Street NE, just east of North Capitol Street. The camera was removed after an outcry that accused the city s contractor of simply trying to make money by placing the camera at a traffic light that motorists often ignore. A red light is a red light.
Red means stop.
We teach that to children before they even get to school. C mon, Carol. We thought Republicans were supposed to care about law and order. If it is OK for motorists to ignore the traffic light on H Street, the red-light camera wasn t the problem. The problem is the traffic light.