City government doesn’t care if it causes more accidents. All they want is their cash. In many or most cases, they shorten the yellow light at these camera locations so that the average person going to work will be caught running the light. If you’re a contract worker, it’s not worth losing a day’s pay to go to court and fight the ticket. That’s what they’re counting on...that most people will just pay it.
I got a ticket in the mail for running a “red” light once after a bad thunderstorm headed to work. The light was green as I approached then it turned yellow and almost immediately turned red (no 3-4 second lapse) as I was going through it. I just figured the storm had disrupted the cycle, it would be discovered to be not working and they would send a crew to fix it. Come to find out, they deliberately “fixed” it (and other camera lights) that way. I went back to the location and studied the length of the yellow light. It was much shorter than most other lights around town. They deliberately shortened the yellow light cycle. That, plus the fact that there were two large light cables that hung down over the traffic light (since Hurricane Ike) which impaired the view of the light as you approached made me think this was intentional on the part of the city. Needless to say, since I was contract, I didn’t go to court. It would have cost me more money to do so. And that is how they profit.
These laws violate Natural Law and commonsense thinking. You cleared the lane safely.
Good government recognizes Natural Law and punishes violations of it.
These laws are like gun control with all the emphasis on control. In this case revenue they can’t raise through taxation.
It isn’t about safety.
Follow the money.