Fioretti: ‘Red-light cameras are a plague on our communities’ [Chicago]

Chicago City Wire ^ | 09/23/2022 | Bree Gonzalez

[hardspunned]

One of a number of reasons I can’t stand Chicago.

[flaglady47]

i moved out of IL and down to the free state of FL over 4 years ago. Best move I ever made.

[hardspunned]

Have you gone through a hurricane yet? Do you get one next week?

[LambSlave]

Many of these lights are rigged to stay green for a shorter duration than normal on high traffic roads, setting people up to want to get through on the next signal change. But then there is a mere one second yellow, then red, so if you were trying to get through you are stuck having to finish. Even very cautious drivers can easily get caught going through one.

[Vaduz]

They are a hidden tax on Cook County

Nobody pays taxes in Cook County everybody steals what they want.

[from occupied ga]

What they typically do after installing one of these is cut the yellow light time by about half thus making it a trap for people who are too close to stop safely.

[from occupied ga]

Now you see speed cameras cropping up like toadstools after a rain. So far none on the interstates that I have seen, but high traffic four lane secondary roads seem to be the main money-makers. Waze is a good thing to have.

[minnesota_bound]

Where ever there are red light cameras there has been bribery. It took many years to get rid of the cameras here in Los Angeles and I think in San Diego. Not only was bribes taken but lives as well. In order to generate more ticket money they shorten the lights and caused many more rear end crashes.

[Organic Panic]

EVERYTHING IS RACIST!!! I would never recommend using UV LEDs where you screw the list cen e play to the mounts. Then the cameras can’t read the plate. At least the old ones all over Europe.

[alstewartfan]

You mean the red light CAMERAS? There is only one reason for the cameras-—illicit revenue for the State. Only fools believe that in their installations there is a concern for safety.

[TauntedTiger]

100%

[Trailerpark Badass]

That, and that municipalities actually had to follow traffic engineering standards established by GDOT.

Of course, if their real motivation was reducing red-light accidents, and not generating revenue, all they would need to do is increase the red light/green light delay, but that doesn't involve lots of lucrative govt contracts.