[newgeezer]

I suspect a lot of people despise those f*#@ing selfish b*st*rd red-light runners, and think it's high time something was done to kick them in their arses (and wallets). If it also just happens to generate revenue for traffic enforcement, so be it.

[Redbob]

Yeah, well if you actually read the article, you'll see that here in Denton, as in most other places, this is not about "stopping those ferdammt red-light runners" at all:

It's all about, and only about, generating revenue to support a profligate, irresponsible city government.

Time and time again, where these cameras are installed, the number of light runners drops so sharply that the cameras no longer produce the amount of revenue guaranteed to the private camera operating company.
What happens then?
Take a guess.

That's right: the next step is to sharply shorten the amount of time the yellow light is on, to increase the revenues.

So tell me again: What does this have to do with highway safety?

[the invisib1e hand]

I suspect a lot of people despise those f*#@ing selfish b*st*rd red-light runners, and think it's high time something was done to kick them in their arses (and wallets). If it also just happens to generate revenue for traffic enforcement, so be it.

I don't mean to sound uncharitable, but this mindset is not fit for self government. Someone who thinks with a collectivist, authoritarian mindset like this belongs in a nanny state.

Well, then, there are plenty of those you can go to, but don't waste your breath endorsing one here.