[Politicalities]

First, studies have shown that accidents can be reduced by 50% by engineering improvements (timing the yellow properly, ensuring signal visibility meets modern standards). Second, this creates a perverse incentive for the government to WORSEN safety, and to CAUSE more red-light running (that revenue can be addictive).

Then change the law. As long as the law says what it says, it should be enforced, and as long as it's enforced, it should be enforced as cheaply and effectively as possible.

Whatever happened to putting a cop on a motorcycle at an intersection with red-light running problems?

Last I heard, the law regarding compliance with traffic signals said nothing about enforcement only at "problem intersections". And a camera is a heck of a lot cheaper than a motorcycle cop, and a lot less likely to let family, friends, and cute women off with a warning.

[BurbankKarl]

http://www.redflex.com.au/traffic/pdfs/RedflexSpeed2V2.pdf

Check out this van they have to park in school zones....haha...this would make a fortune in my neighborhood....and a lot less kids would get creamed

[Living Free in NH]

and a lot less likely to let family, friends, and cute women off with a warning.

Those same people will get their ticket taken care of by the corrupt cops.

[Little Pig]

"change the law"

Except that in cases where the revenue generated is significant, it doesn't matter if you have the whole town voting against it. The town government won't let go of a revenue source.

"...a camera is a heck of a lot cheaper than a motorcycle cop, and a lot less likely to let family, friends, and cute women off with a warning"


And a lot less likely to be able to make spot judgements on whether the violation was unavoidable, and much more likely to be "engineered" by the town to increase income through shortening the yellow light, or ticketing even marginal violations.

Traffic enforcement is one of the easiest ways to bring in added revenue when it is wanted, and towns will jigger the system to keep it flowing as long as they can.

[Surtur]

quote And a camera is a heck of a lot cheaper than a motorcycle cop, and a lot less likely to let family, friends, and cute women off with a warning. /quote

No, that happens when the police reviewer gets the images and can then use them to blackmail people to get what he wants rather than have their driving record get a black mark.