{"id":321705,"date":"2010-02-15T09:36:53","date_gmt":"2010-02-15T14:36:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chicagopressrelease.com\/?p=18672"},"modified":"2010-02-15T09:36:53","modified_gmt":"2010-02-15T14:36:53","slug":"red-light-cameras-draw-protests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/321705","title":{"rendered":"Red-light cameras draw protests"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Anger over red-light cameras is spreading. Some Chicagoans took part in a national day of protest Sunday.<\/p>\n

Dozens demonstrated at the intersection of Addison and Western.<\/p>\n

Opponents say the traffic cameras do not improve safety and that cities install them to raise revenue. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cAs you pull up to the intersection you have a choice, and it\u2019s either to slam on the gas or slam on the brakes. After you get more than one ticket you choose to slam on the brakes and people get rear-ended,” said protestor Robert Garrett.<\/p>\n

Five states have banned red-light cameras, and Illinois might be next.<\/p>\n

Two bills concerning the cameras are currently under consideration in Springfield.<\/p>\n

Read the original article from FOX Chicago News<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Distributed via Chicago Press Release Services<\/a><\/p>\n

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Anger over red-light cameras is spreading. Some Chicagoans took part in a national day of protest Sunday. Dozens demonstrated at the intersection of Addison and Western. Opponents say the traffic cameras do not improve safety and that cities install them to raise revenue. \u201cAs you pull up to the intersection you have a choice, and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-321705","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321705","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=321705"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321705\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=321705"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=321705"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=321705"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}