Any inequity of a law is unjust

Completely ignoring inequity that violates Section 6 of the state constitution, an Oct. 22 Gazette editorial (“Commercial carriers and cameras”) determined it is OK for more than 50,000 Iowa-based commercial carriers to avoid detection by traffic cameras. These are Iowa-based vehicles licensed under an International Registration Plan (i.e., trucks, buses, etc.), which legally display only a single license plate on the front of their vehicles (while traffic cameras record rear-facing plates).

The rationale? As reported, it is because those drivers have a vested safety incentive to obey the law; thereby unrealistically implying they will never violate the law, whether intentional or not. Really? While The Gazette claims selective inequity of law is privileged, I say any inequity of law is unjust.

Gary Hughes

Marion