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Klayfish,
I am not sure what kind of problems they have in your area, but around here the biggest seems to be lowering them so low they drag the street when they hit a pot hole which makes up about 75% of our streets. It is hard to drive on just that 25% pavement. They have installed cameras at several lights and intersections in Redding. We have only had a few bad accidents that was caused by them and those were more due to inattention and loud music than anything else. The music was so loud in one accident that people five blocks away were watching the van because of it and that kid drove past two stopped cars at a red light and right in front of an 18 wheeler that had his horn blaring. Close up witnesses said the kid never even looked up. I live just a few blocks from a body shop and they had a small pick up in there repairing damage to the right front fender and bumper and the owner told me they get a lot of that kind of work as they are so low that they hit bumps and even driveways that go up at an angle with them. In only one accident I have heard of was speed an issue. They have them lower all the way around than the lowest place on my Cobra. And yet, I never see any of them get stopped or a ticket for that. The cameras have really raised the tickets issued but haven't solved the problems.
Ron
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