Houston had red light cameras for a while before they were taken down. I was beginning to see an improvement in red light running. It was a learning process that looked good to me. There may have been more rear end accidents but it is usually those broadside accidents that kill people.
My 18 year old son was killed in one of those broadside accidents in 1984. The Mexican illegal who killed my son said that he had the green light but someone called us the next day and said our son had the green. A red light camera would have settled that.
Like I said people were beginning to stop for red lights and as soon as the cameras were removed it was back to running through them.
“A red light camera would have settled that.”
Actually a CAMERA would have settled it. Either a dashcam or a traffic camera. No need to punish people making right turns just to have monitoring (which is a good idea).