- April 25, 2024
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Red light cameras are not scary; just obey the law
Dear Editor:
Another edition of the Palm Coast Observer, another letter from a whiner complaining about the red light cameras.
Folks, it's not that hard to avoid a ticket. If you can't approach a traffic light at or below the posted speed limit and make the proper decision when the light changes to yellow, maybe you should not be driving. If you enter an intersection prior to the yellow light turning red, you won't get a ticket. If you come to a red light and stop, yielding to any traffic before making your right turn on red, you won't get a ticket. What is so hard about this?
Stop whining and pay attention to your driving.
Red light cameras save lives. As for those constant whiners and complainers who threaten to stop shopping in Palm Coast and change their bank and gym and such to another city, be my guest. You will probably be making the streets of Palm Coast a safer place to drive. And lastly, I won't be voting for any candidate who promises to remove the red light cameras.
James Waller
Palm Coast
Turning right on red is not a trap
Dear Editor:
In reply to a recent letter, may I point out a few things? 1) Green lights do not “turn red at any moment.” Apparently your reader has never observed the amber light that precedes the red. When the green light turns amber, I have often driven through the amber without ever receiving a traffic citation.
2) His choice, I guess, although he could shop on the parkway if only he observed the traffic rules.
3) His chances of finding a friendlier city than Palm Coast are slim. As a resident of almost five years, I can honestly say that I have never lived in a friendlier city.
4) A right turn on red is not "a trap" if one first comes to a complete stop, checks for oncoming vehicles, and then proceeds at a safe rate of speed. My wife and I often do it to get from Belle Terre to Cypress Point Parkway, with never a ticket. Maybe his friends are also careless drivers.
5) He may, of course, campaign for whomever he wants, but I would say that this is a silly way to determine the candidate of his choice.
George Upper
Palm Coast
I ran a red light and paid my ticket — without whining
Dear Editor:
I recently read Mr. Donald Acker's diatribe in the Palm Coast Observer. Several points come immediately to mind: 1) Mr. Acker states he just paid his second red-light ticket. My conclusion is that he is a slow learner. Let me point of that if he stopped breaking the law, he would stop getting fined.
2) He feels he did nothing wrong, but is apparently not going to contest the ticket.
3) He will drive unnecessarily slowly and refuse to turn right on red lights, thereby inconveniencing other drivers, in order to “rise up against the city.”
4) The only positive I see here is that he has promised to stay off Palm Coast Parkway, and out of my way.
By the way, I, too, have received a red light ticket. I ran the light, I deserved the ticket, I paid it, and I didn't whine.
Terry Thorndyke
Palm Coast
