I was happy to see that The Sun finally do an investigation of
the city's speed camera program — its "Stick 'em up!" program,
as I like to call it ("Fast money," Nov. 18). Your reporters did
a great job covering all aspects of the program's impact in the
area, including its many shortcomings and how the local
government defends it.  I never fully understood the
justification for speed cameras in school zones in the first
place. I can understand using them around highway construction
sites during work hours, as the paper has been full of reports
of highway workers getting hit by careless drivers who speed.
But school zones? I can't recall reading one article about a
child getting run over by a speeding driver in a school zone.
Children have been hit by cars at home, crossing roads around
the area, and even by school buses, but I don't recall a single
instance of a child being mowed down by speed demons in a school
zone.  Has there been a study done to see how these cameras have
impacted the school zones where