Red Light Revolt!

The letter “Red-light runners cause destruction,” was well written and correct. Everyone is victimized by people who violate traffic laws

Red Light Cameras Increase Accidents in Baytown, Texas Accidents increased 40 percent one year after red light cameras went live in Baytown, Texas. After a year of use, red light cameras have failed to deliver the promised safety benefits in Baytown, Texas

The letter For most drivers, red-light cameras are traffic hazards, Aug.

Another of my co-workers has been victimized by a red-light runner in Knoxville. She missed several days of work that she will not be compensated for, and her car was totaled

By Robert J. Hawkins , transportation writer Monday, August 9, 2010 at 3:05 p.m. A sign warns motorists of red light cameras on northbound Community Road at Scripps Poway Parkway.

Comment Subscribe Subscribe In the last decade, red light cameras began popping up on a number of intersections around the country. It was thought that these automated law enforcement devices would catch drivers running red lights and allow them to be fined.

AP Photo/Arizona Department of Public Safety A booking photo provided in 2008 by the Arizona Department of Public Safety shows rapper DMX, who was arrested after speed-enforcement cameras captured him in his bright yellow 1966 Chevrolet going 114 mph on a suburban Phoenix freeway. If you’ve ever been busted for speeding by an inanimate camera, you probably hate the things. So here’s some good news for  motorists who put pedal to metal: Thanks to budget cuts and emerging technologies, the use of automated radar and red-light cameras may be on the decline

NAPLES — They started popping up more than a year ago — red-light cameras — installed, ostensibly, to improve safety at some of Collier County’s most crash-prone intersections. County commissioners called red-light running an “epidemic,” adding that local drivers were either “the worst” or “just don’t care.” But just how dangerous are Collier County’s intersections, and which truly are the worst? Since last summer, the Daily News has been analyzing crash statistics and traffic volume at more than 40 of the biggest intersections in Collier County using data from 2006 through 2008, the most recent available

TAMPA – On July 1, the fines for running a red light went up –from $125 to $158 dollars. Fight the fine and lose, and it’s going from $150 to $250 dollars

Red light cameras, when misused by idiotic and irresponsible public officials, can be one of the great scourges of America.   ​That much is fact. Even when they are used with some semblance of jurisprudence, they might be flat-out illegal. We’ll just have to see how the court challenges turn out