Originally Posted by
Nestor
The only thing red light cameras do is increase revenue.
Want to solve a red-light-running problem at an intersection? Increase the time of the amber light.
Violations go down. What's that? The city/camera company loses revenue? Can't have that! We'll just keep the amber light time down. We'll even specify it in our contract.
There's been numerous cities that have decreased the yellow-light time in order to increase revenues from red-light tickets. And well before the cameras came around, there's been numerous studies that show longer yellow-lights lead to fewer accidents at that intersection.