Red Light Revolt!

Red light cameras … they’ll get you! The Geek Speaks By Ben Dezendorf Watch out Baton Rouge! Don’t run that red light, or you might just get a ticket in the mail. Yes, as you drive around the Baton Rouge area, you might notice that several of our intersections have been adorned with technology which allows the city to issue tickets for red light violations even if there are no police officers present to observe the offense

Beginning Wednesday September 8, 2010, if you run a red light in Fort Lauderdale, Florida you will face consequences. The cost is $158 for each violation. The City of Fort Lauderdale has decided to install cameras at 10 intersections.

Drivers could pay $158 for violations at six intersections Topics See more topics » By Michael Turnbell, Sun Sentinel 4:29 a.m. EDT, September 8, 2010 Running that red light at some intersections in Fort Lauderdale will cost you starting Wednesday

Gloucester Township Police are installing six additional red light cameras to monitor traffic violators along Blackwood-Clementon Road. Four cameras have been operating since July at Cherrywood Drive, Blenheim/Erial/New Brooklyn Road, Little Gloucester Road and Millbridge Road.

By Frank Cerabino Palm Beach Post Staff Writer Posted: 6:22 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2010 Bet you never imagined that asking voters whether or not they want red-light surveillance cameras is racist. That’s the contention of American Traffic Solutions, the Arizona-based company that operates photo enforcement cameras in West Palm Beach and elsewhere

Red-light cameras are not a money maker for the city of San Mateo but the county has potentially generated nearly $3.6 million in new revenue to support the increased workload caused by drivers challenging the citations, according to city officials. The dichotomy of opinions — which must mean some county jurisdiction must be making money, if not San Mateo — comes within the city’s formal response to a San Mateo County Civil Grand Jury report issued in June on the effectiveness of red-light traffic enforcement.

You might remember that Springfield took its red-light cameras offline this spring after the Missouri Supreme Court ruled against the city. The city dismissed any outstanding tickets, but that left a big question: What about the folks who already paid their fines? That led, naturally, to a class-action lawsuit seeking the return of $800K

The city has given tentative approval to installing its own red-light cameras, joining other municipalities around the state trying to raise revenue while preventing accidents. Although officials haven’t decided exactly how many cameras will go up or which intersections will have cameras, there are 13 possible sites.

BAYTOWN, TX (KTRK) — The company that operates red light cameras at several intersections in Baytown is suing the city, according to a report in the Baytown Sun.

Traffic deaths and injuries are a preventable scourge that cost the nation about $99 billion a year in medical bills and lost productivity, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention