“It started with red light cameras to improve “public safety” and then going to court with no opportunity to confront one’s (faceless) accusers. This is not science fiction.”
Red light cameras are not allowed where I live in New York and as a result, stopping for a red light is apparently optional and a mere suggestion. There are so many drivers speeding through red lights that my practice is to count to five after the light turns green before moving through the intersection.
When I travel to places where red light cameras are used for traffic enforcement, I rarely see anyone running the lights. That’s a good thing in my opinion.
Your problem isn’t a lack of red light cameras. It’s a general degradation of civilized behavior combined with a deliberate government policy of refusing to enforce the law.
“When I travel to places where red light cameras are used for traffic enforcement, I rarely see anyone running the lights. That’s a good thing in my opinion.”
What I like about red light cameras is that the vast majority of the revenue they generate is from people making right turns without coming to a full stop, behind the line, before turning. (a violation made by something like 90% of drivers, at least until until several weeks worth of tickets gets their attention).
Without that revenue, the town where I live probably wouldn’t even be able to afford the cameras, as there’s very little money to be made on people who run them straight-through.