That's what they thought in AZ. Camera's destroyed + ignored summons = abandoned camera policy.
There are still a LOT of cameras in AZ. Only the state Highway Patrol stopped using them. Most cities have them. Payson has one set up so that the speed limit drops as you crest the hill, and 20 yards past that is the camera. Fine was over $200...unless you were a local, you wouldn’t know about the speed limit drop in time to avoid a ticket.
I believe that in every single instance where the presence of the cameras is put to a vote of the people, the people vote to have them removed.