All Hail the Almighty Dollar, Red Light Cameras Options

[Cutrara]

I'm not against red light cameras. In fact, I think they're a good idea. What could be bad about reducing thousands of accidents a year? In the eyes of Dallas officials eyes, reducing millions of dollars in fine revenue a year.

"Faced with data showing that drivers pay attention to cameras at intersections — resulting in fewer ticketable violations and ever-shrinking revenue from fines — municipalities across the country are reconsidering red light cameras, which often work too well."

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23710970

Just goes to show how the world is driven by the bottom line.

[Galcobar]

That, and the Arizona system, or at least the Scottsdale one, is a two-camera system with one to catch the front of the vehicle and the driver, and the other to catch the licence plate (did an article when red light cameras were introduced into my area in 1999 without that front camera).

They send out the rear licence plate photo with the ticket, and only use the front photo if the ticket is challenged in order to prove who was driving. According to a spokesman, they originally sent out the front photo but there were a few incidents when significant others noticed someone in the car who shouldn't have been there.