Red Light cameras have become a “tool” of revenue generation which makes them really hard to kill off...
Every red-light camera I've timed has a yellow-to-red interval that's significantly shorter than a non-camera-controlled red light a block further down on the very same street. If you hit the intersection just as the light turns yellow, there's not enough time to finish crossing the intersection. If you see the light turn yellow as you cross, you're virtually guaranteed to get a "red light" ticket.
Interesting that at least two intersections had MORE accidents. I got to a quick change light the other day. I was royally pi****. And they know this is a quick yellow light.
They aren’t even revenue generators strictly for the city/county. The money is split (sometimes 50-50) with the private firms that sell the equipment.
Someone needs to investigate the business ties between these firms and the politicians who advocate so much on their behalf (and renegotiate the contracts to favor the firms over the people they are elected to represent).
It seems like a good way to stop drivers who have been using Colorado's "legal" marijuana.