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Old 02-22-2009, 04:35 PM   #15
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Default Re: Red light camera, a good tool? or profit machi

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Originally Posted by zonedar View Post
The problem is that there is lots of evidence that the companies that run these red light cameras will not install them on lights that have an adequate yellow time. For example:

http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/news/...onal-trend.ars

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Six possible red-light "gotcha" stories, some of which go back as far as 2005, were originally reported by theNewspaper, but were compiled into a single list of events by motorists.org. One city, Chattanooga, Tenneessee, has been forced to repay the $8,800 it collected in ticket revenue, while investigations in Lubbock and Dallas, Texas and Springfield, Missouri, have uncovered evidence of similar practices, although no charges have been filed
6 stories is 5 years hardly qualifies as "lots of evidence", being that there are thousands of cities using the devices.

That being said, it would be naive to say that these aren't set-up, at least in part, to generate revenue. Of course they are.
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