The city I live in has a couple dozen of these and is buying more. To their credit, the speed cameras seem to be calibrated to only nab you if you’re going more than 5 over the limit, and do not seem to flash when the light turns from yellow to red if a car is in the intersection at the time. I th…

I’m not a fan of them and in my opinion the main reason for their existence is to generate revenue. It’s far less expensive to operate a camera as compared to a uniformed officer. If anyone follows the BBC show Top Gear there was a segment on there in which the number of accidents was compared in a…

The cameras are not about safety but instead are about revenue generation. For instance, a local town was considering putting in some red light cameras. The town performed their own historic study and found that a certain intersection had vastly more accidents than other intersections on the same …

I approve of red light cameras. I have occasionally spent some winter time in central Florida and a few years ago red light running was epidemic; I saw red light runners almost every day that we were out and about. Since red light cameras were put into use, red light running there is almost never …

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I don’t like them at all. If the town/city can’t afford to have a police patrol to catch speeders then they should not benefit from the tickets. Where do we draw the line? Justice should be fair and not meted out by a privately owned company.

I’m glad there are red light cameras. A past (and passed) neighbor of mine was hit by someone running a red light. His wife also passed in that event. IMO, having these cameras will reduce the likelihood that someone will speed up when they see a yellow light, as was probably the casein the incid…

Part of me wants these cameras, as I cannot stand fools who blow through red lights and severely speed on public roadways. If properly executed, with no profit incentive, and reasonable & clear definitions for what constitutes a “violation”, they probably have great potential for decreasing danger…

Are the tickets going to be non moving violations? That is how the red light cameras in IL, are, so it does not get sent to your insurance company and your premium will not be effected. Of course if you get a ticket in IL you can request traffic school to prevent the ticket from going to insurance. …

There would be a real problem with them around here. A number of the traffic lights are absolutely horrible when it comes to changing. It can be common to sit there for10 minutes, or even forever, at an intersection with no traffic. At times it becomes a standoff with reds in all directions and no c…

What do you guys think of red light/speed cameras?

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the_same_mountainbike February 8, 2012, 3:27am 16

That’s my biggest concern. Should private companies using technology be using traffic citations and fines as their revenue stream? And should the state/municipality be getting a “cut” of the profits? Is this the direction that law enforcement is headed?

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