Red Light camera's

[themanishere]

These were installed in a major street intersection in my city about 5 years back. The area barely had any accidents before then, and still does not.

Most people around here feel it's just a cash grab, which I would agree with. It hasn't affected the accident rate, to my knowledge, one way or the other.

[theonedru]

These were installed in a major street intersection in my city about 5 years back. The area barely had any accidents before then, and still does not.

Most people around here feel it's just a cash grab, which I would agree with. It hasn't affected the accident rate, to my knowledge, one way or the other.

Its not a cash grab its a matter of people doing illegal things and getting caught and fined for their stupidity. I see nothing wrong with that, people need to accept responsibility for their actions..........

[bud7562]

just do you best in life does not matter what you do in life and be happy

[themanishere]

Its not a cash grab its a matter of people doing illegal things and getting caught and fined for their stupidity. I see nothing wrong with that, people need to accept responsibility for their actions..........

Except the cameras make things overly black-and-white.

I was in the car with a friend of mine driving about two months ago, and we came up on a red light to turn right. He stops completely before the crosswalk at the red light, then turns safely. The flash from the camera goes off, and he gets a letter with a fine about a week later.

My brother got fined a year ago for going through a yellow that turned red while he was in the intersection. Around here, it is legal to pass through the intersection on a red, as long as you entered it when it was green/yellow.

Now, you could argue about taking preventative measures (e.g. slowing down as you approach a yellow, or stopping for longer at a right turn) for safety and such, but that would just reinforce my point that there is more to it than just what the camera captures. And of course, there are always examples to the contrary as well.

I'm trying to say that enforcing cameras as a "watchdog" of sorts only concentrates the treatment of bad driving. Unless you have them at virtually every intersection, people are not going to change their habits.

So in that sense, you could look at it as the government literally betting on people doing "illegal" things. Otherwise, it would not be worth the money to install the cameras in the first place. To me, that doesn't sound like the best interest of the public.