[SamAdams76]

Red light cameras are nothing more than a scheme to extract yet more revenue from hapless citizens who are already taxed every which way. Just like speed traps, it is not about "safety" at all, but sticking it to the citizens.

Insurance companies are in on this too as they will raise your rates as you accumulate more of these tickets.

[jdege]

Red light cameras are simply tools.

If the legal framework in which they are allowed to be used provides no incentive to misusing them, I’m fine with them.

And that would mean that the vendor is paid a flat rate, regardless of the number of citations issued, and that the government receives none of the fines.

Of course, that’s not the legal framework we’re operating in. Currently, the vendor installs the system at no charge, in exchange for a share of the revenues. And that guarantees abuse.

My guess would be that if governments were required to fund the systems up front, few would think it a reasonable deal. But such financing would be necessary, to prevent abuse.

[brianl703]

Manassas, Virginia has gone crazy installing red light cameras for “safety”...

...yet that city STILL has traffic signals with a “yellow trap”.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_trap

[catnipman]

“Insurance companies are in on this too as they will raise your rates as you accumulate more of these tickets.”

not in colorado ... cameras are civil matters only, and do not result in driver license points and are NOT reported to insurance companies ...