1. Re-read para. 1-2. Do you think that the village of Schaumburg should have stopped monitoring traffic at Woodfield Mall? Explain your answer.

2. Why do city and state governments say they use traffic monitoring cameras?

3. How can traffic cameras lead to accidents?

4. a) How does Plate Hunter work?
b) Why did the city of New Britain purchase the Plate Hunter camera?

5. a) In addition to police cars, what other vehicles have been fitted with the Plate Hunter cameras in New Haven?
b) What do you think of the city tax collector personally trying to help tow the car of a woman who owed car-tax money to the city?

6. What did a study in the Journal of Law and Economics conclude about local governments' motive for increasing the number of traffic tickets written?

7. In Arizona, Republican state rep Sam Crump has introduced a bill to remove traffic monitoring cameras, saying they were approved "in the dead of night...as a budget gimmick." Do you support Rep. Crump's legislation? Explain your answer.

8. What types of services are entrepreneurs providing for citizens opposed to traffic cameras?

9. Do you support the use of cameras to monitor drivers? Explain your answer.  Discuss this article and your answer with a parent.