Originally Posted by
Georgebowen
I also feel they are unreasonable because People are not perfect and Cannot be held to a perfect standard, hence a Person needs to catch another Person doing something wrong and then decide whether to give a ticket or not. There are multiple tings that happen outside of being in the intersectionw hen the camera goes off, like being unsafe to stop or leave the intersection that the camera can not weigh in its decision to give you a ticket.
On the other hand, during the time that I have been driving I've noticed a gradual change in the degree of respect that many people have for red lights. It's not uncommon to see a person run a light that's been red for a couple of seconds. At some point a traffic signal becomes irrelevent if there's no enforcement.
As I understand it, intersections with red light cameras experience significantly fewer overall accidents but more rear end collisions.
There's the money thing too. I imagine sales tax revenues are dropping off due to the economy. Cities are going to look for ways to make up that short fall.
I'm thinking this isn't a simple issue and we'll be hearing it discussed for some time.