Traffic issues

The other day I was listening to the Jim Bohannon show and He was talking about Traffic cameras.

The topic was very interesting and the guests he had were very informative! But I got to thinking. I come from Flagstaff Arizona. In Flagstaff they seem to really try to control traffic not just claim they want to control traffic problems while really trying to get more revenue.

One of Mr. Bohannon's guests was saying that most of the time the government that brings these cameras in are not trying to uphold the law, they just want more income for their city/state/ country, or whatever...

When Flagstaff was thinking about trying to bring in some speed cameras they ran a test first. they got a couple of portable cameras and set them up to see how effective they would be and what the general public opinion was.
Long story short, as far as I know there are still no speed cameras set up permanently in the city of Flagstaff.

They actually came up with some pretty creative ways to control the traffic though. My favorite was officer Quin.

The funny thing is that officer Quin (or as some people like to call him Manny) gets the most complaints of any other officer in the Flagstaff Police department; and most of those are about how lazy he is, that he is sleeping on the job or that he seems to be "stalking" people.
He also gets the highest number of compliments for dedication.

You see he is really a mannequin. The Police department has a life size dummy which wears a uniform and sits in a patrol car which is prominently located. When motorists see the police unit sitting there with "someone" inside they slow down. And thus the law is obeyed.

So I think that kudos ought to be offered here to the Flagstaff Police department for really caring and coming up with solutions that are... well let's say they are creative, instead of trying to follow the almighty dollar.