[Myrddin]

San Diego is still fighting this issue. California forbids estimation of speed by "timing". The traffic lights have to "calculate" your speed to infer whether your vehicle was actually over the limit line when the light was still yellow. Said calculation was ruled a speed estimation by timing, thus inadmissible. There was evidence that timing of green and yellow transitions had been "tuned" to optimize ticket revenue by the equipement vendor and City of San Diego. It is an ongoing fiasco.

Red light cameras generally increase the number of rear end smashups as drivers slam the brakes on to avoid a red light camera issued ticket. Instead of reducing accidents, then usually cause an increase due to this change in driver behavior.

There have also been "privacy" suits against government entities when a "robocop" photo of a speeder was mailed to the home inferred by the license plate. More than a few spouses discovered a little "cheating" was going on.

[weegee]

One of the other article I linked mentioned being ticketed for making a right on red. How common is that?

[weegee]

There have also been "privacy" suits against government entities when a "robocop" photo of a speeder was mailed to the home inferred by the license plate. More than a few spouses discovered a little "cheating" was going on.

Photographer Diane Arbus did street photography and candid portraits (so did Weegee). She wrote something like "Having your picture taken is the risk you face going out in public."