When a police officer pulls someone over and tickets him, the driver is not going to make the same mistake a second time, starting immediately.

However, a driver could incur two, three or four tickets logged electronically by these cameras before receiving the first ticket in the mail. This is a prime example of how the state is not interested in our safety but in making money.

We need more officers on the road enforcing rules. Spend the money on giving them raises instead of on those "Big Brother" cameras.

Braddoc DeCaires

Stadium makes games unenjoyable to attend

A Nov. 23 letter writer spoke about how, when he entered the Miami (Ohio) game, the stadium confiscated his megaphone he had purchased the week before.

What kind of rule is that? Illegal noisemaker? The last time I checked, it was a piece of plastic. It's also not a "dangerous weapon" like an umbrella or a purse.

Maybe we should all sit at home with our megaphones and let them play in peace and quiet in an empty stadium. I guess the stadium staff hasn't heard of the terms "12th man" or "home-field advantage."

What's next? Will they take away beer? That'll definitely cause an uproar.

Did you watch the BYU vs. Mississippi State game? I think every fan in the stadium had a cowbell. The commentators mentioned that BYU said it was the loudest stadium they've every played in. Yet we do all of this with our megaphone-less voices. Congrats to all of you loud fans.

This is college football. I don't think the stadium knows what true college football is about. They should watch any game on Saturday and find out.

It's definitely not what they're allowing. I come to enjoy the college football environment, and it's hard to do when it's taken away from us.

June Jones was wondering why the games never sell out? Besides the unreasonable prices that make it difficult for the average fans to go, I think he should sit down with the stadium staff and work things out.

Keith Takeda

Stadium, UH destroy any game momentum

The Aloha Stadium Authority and the University of Hawai'i have succeeded in making attendance at UH Warrior football games an almost excruciating experience. And I'm not referring to the new inane security rules. Thank goodness the team is worth our support or I'd have given up a few games ago.

The problem starts before the game begins with the awful music that is being played during warm-ups. Has anyone noticed that very few fans enter the stadium before the wonderful Rainbow Marching Band begins the pre-game show? The stadium is lifeless.

Then throughout the game we are subjected to a barrage of advertising on the public address system at volumes that are too loud. I used to like the public address announcer. Now I shudder every time I hear his voice.

In addition, we have the video ads on the big screen. I'd have no problem with those if they didn't make the band stop playing while they are broadcast.

These things are absolute momentum killers for the crowd. A great play occurs. The crowd is roaring. The band is playing. Suddenly the band stops and some ad begins on the big screen or the announcer begins to read "The UH athletics department wants to thank ... " for the umpteenth time. The crowd goes silent, leaving the stadium as lively as a mausoleum. It's boring. It's annoying. It's no fun.

The team often gets off to a slow start. I think the things I've mentioned are part of the problem.

Ken Stanley

Hula society seeks knowledge of many

Thank you for the Nov. 28 article entitled "A master will teach family-style hula." However, I would like to clarify the mission of the Hula Preservation Society.

The society is a nonprofit organization founded by Kehaulani Bailey and Maile Beamer Loo. The mission is to collect information about ancient hula, not only in the Beamer tradition, but from the many different hula traditions throughout these Islands.

The society's preservation team is presently recording oral histories with kupuna who possess irreplaceable knowledge about ancient hula that has been passed on to them through their families and hula training. This valuable information is being collected for a database that will be available for hula research purposes to the community at large.

Thank you again for the workshop article. Family hula time is a great way to start the holiday season.