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By Mark Slavit
Wednesday, December 09, 2009 at 5:16 p.m.

Read more: Local, Crime, Columbia Mall, Traffic Laws

COLUMBIA, MO. -- The holiday shopping season is in full swing and Columbia police officers are making an extra effort to make sure holiday drivers obey traffic laws near the Columbia Mall.
Additional foot patrol officers will crack down on shoppers driving at intersections along Stadium Boulevard from Broadway to Interstate-70.
Police said the biggest problem is holiday shoppers blocking intersections.
Drivers have been getting stuck in the middle of intersections because traffic never moved by the time the light turned red from green.
Police said blocked intersections could reduce the amount of tickets issued by a new red light camera at the intersection of Worley and Stadium.
“With the traffic getting blocked there, people aren’t really going to be able to run the red light because nobody can get into the intersection. We may have a decrease during certain hours than we normally would,” Traffic Unit Supervisor Sgt. Shelly Jones said.
The fine for blocking an intersection in Columbia is $75.
Police will have their special traffic enforcement on Stadium Boulevard on Thursdays and Fridays between now and Christmas Eve.

[kpatz]

...Police said blocked intersections could reduce the amount of tickets issued by a new red light camera at the intersection of Worley and Stadium. “With the traffic getting blocked there, people aren’t really going to be able to run the red light because nobody can get into the intersection. We may have a decrease during certain hours than we normally would,” Traffic Unit Supervisor Sgt. Shelly Jones said.

Talk about making the revenue motive of the cameras blatantly obvious by saying something like that! "Blocking the intersection prevents people from running the light, so our cameras can't issue as many tickets, and revenue goes down!!!!!!"

[Maestro]

gee what not put an officer out there and have them direct traffic so the intersection is now blocked, Oh I forgot that would be serving the community and they is no longer in their job description