As Run in the Pittsburgh Tribune Review, Thursday, December 21, 2006
Pittsburgh Councilman Bill Peduto's traffic cameras are a bad idea ("Drivers will hate Kodak moments," Mike Seate column, Dec. 14 and PghTrib.com).
They are, at best, the law enforcement counterpart to those maddening automated phone menus. They are, at worst, a dangerous step toward a surveillance state. They are, at least, another reason to avoid Pittsburgh.
To politicians still unconvinced, let's consider the questi...