[The Electrician]

It seems to me that if people would simply play by the rules, (i.e. stop running the damned red lights!) there would be less opportunity and need for the government to get involved.

That seems to be a remarkably naive assessment. There have been credible allegations that where red-light cameras have been installed, the yellow time has been shortened in order to increase the chances of making people violate the law. If government were fair and just, the opposite would have been done.

[MJM59]

If everyone wasn't in such a hurry and would obey the law concerning red lights in the first place, cameras would not be an issue.

[wbill]

What's better is that studies have shown that increasing the 'yellow time' has exactly the same effect of reducing the red light runners.

The $%%^&! things are new in my city. I hate 'em. Lots of good work being done in California to get them outlawed.....Civil Liberties advocates occasionally are good for something.