Regarding the Friday article, “Former Lynnwood official critical of city’s reliance on traffic camera revenue”: I must say that I am really disappointed in Jim Smith’s opinion about the red-light cameras. He says it has not saved one life in the school zones.
How does he know that? Those cameras have saved many lives at intersections on 196th. Nobody is running red lights, and to me, that is saving lives.
Who in the heck cares how much money Lynnwood makes? Jim Smith? And let me be the first to tell you that if the cameras are taken away, I want him to answer to the first car that is T-boned because someone went through a red light.
Sit at the intersection of 196th and Highway 99 and watch how people stop.
It’s for safety and safety alone. I don’t care how much money we make, but I do care how many lives we save because we have those cameras.
If everyone drove the way we’re supposed to, none of us would have to pay a penny to the city, but if Lynnwood is making so much from the cameras, it shows that many people are not driving the way we’re supposed to.
Arlene Christensen
Lynnwood
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