I fought my red light camera ticket and it was dismissed.
I got most of my information here:
http://www.highwayrobbery.net/index.htm
There’s also a good book I checked out from the library, I think it was this one:
Fighting this ticket is something I’m still very proud of.
These high fines are state-wide and obviously used to get revenue.
I would have been subject to the same amount if I had gone straight trough the red-light with heavy traffic. (BTW the yellow-light duration here is 3 seconds which is legal.)
Thanks for the links. I found one that I like and recommend to others if they get a California ticket: