Revenue vs Safety
Who would have known that red light cameras were more about making money for municipalities than saving lives? How about everyone?
It isn’t a well kept secret that the Nanny State in the name of safety is trying to take more of your money. The Red Light cameras are one example.
Red light camera supporters insist that the devices are needed to prevent the common and deadly T-bone style of accident at intersections. In practice, however, automated ticketing lenses are more often positioned to photograph a different type of violation, one that rarely causes accidents. A review of US Department of Transportation statistics shows that an average motorist could drive a billion miles — the distance from Earth to Jupiter and back — before being involved in an accident that resulted from a motorist making a rolling stop on a right-hand turn
Go figure.
