Recently in my city they started installing red light and speed cameras.
And of course it has nothing to do with revenue it’s all about safety, so far they have sent out over 12,000 tickets at about $75.00 each. They also have a mobile speed camera in a red jeep and they have been known to set it along the Interstate (they call it an emergency vehicle) I have no problem being pulled over for speeding but to get a ticket in the mail a week after the fact with nothing but a photo of my vehicle telling me I was speeding is BS.
BTW I haven’t received any tickets I just think this is another way that big brother is watching us.
Also the ticket goes to the registered owner not the person behind the wheel at the time.
Do any of you have this going on where you live?

Yup; we have them too! Bastids! lol Got a picture of the rear of my car/plate in the mail!!!

Yes, I got a ticket blowin' a light, but I could have sworn it was GREEN! Uh huh...that's my story.............and I'm sticking to it!

There is a list of all the areas where these cameras are in place in my city. They're pretty obvious though if you know what they look like.

I know where most of them are and I watch my driving I guess my point is if I were to get a ticket a week after the fact it makes it hard to prove that I was in fact speeding.Hell I have enough problems remembering what I did yesterday

Recently in my city they started installing red light and speed cameras.
And of course it has nothing to do with revenue it’s all about safety, so far they have sent out over 12,000 tickets at about $75.00 each. They also have a mobile speed camera in a red jeep and they have been known to set it along the Interstate (they call it an emergency vehicle) I have no problem being pulled over for speeding but to get a ticket in the mail a week after the fact with nothing but a photo of my vehicle telling me I was speeding is BS.
BTW I haven’t received any tickets I just think this is another way that big brother is watching us.
Also the ticket goes to the registered owner not the person behind the wheel at the time.
Do any of you have this going on where you live?

Until recently, we had them in the Phoenix area.

I don't see what the problem is. You get plenty of warning.

If you're dumb enough to ignore them, you deserve a ticket.

Just obey the law and don't worry about it.

So, if the cameras are okay, what other invasions of privacy are you willing to put up with 'cuz it's 'the law' ... ?

And how come they're no longer in the Phoenix area ... ?

So, if the cameras are okay, what other invasions of privacy are you willing to put up with 'cuz it's 'the law' ... ?

And how come they're no longer in the Phoenix area ... ?

But Knight; how in your opinion should drivers who run red lights, and potentially run a pedestrian over be handled?

I don't see how it is invading my privacy. The road is PUBLIC.
They are no longer in the Phoenix area because they were not cost effective.

Immaterial question. How were they handled BEFORE the cameras? And are pedestrians who are run over where a camera is in place any LESS dead ... ? Duh.

LMAO!!!!! Technology is evolving my dear Knight! Many things are handled differently now vs. 20, 50 yrs ago.

Invading one's privacy is having a candid camera while you're sitting on your "thrown" at home without your consent!

Duh.............

Oh dear - those homonyms ARE pesky li'l things, aren't they ... ? The word you're looking for is 'throne' ...

If you want to give up YOUR privacy, I could care less. Just don't inflict YOUR choice on everyone else.

UK Study: Speed Cameras Increase Injury Accidents
Full text of suppressed UK government study shows speed cameras increase accidents 31 percent on freeways, 55 percent in work zones.

Freeway roadworksThe UK Department for Transport funded, then suppressed, a study that shows a 55 percent increase in injury accidents when speed cameras are used on highway work zones and a 31 percent increase when used on freeways without construction projects. According to the Transport Research Laboratory, the "non-works [personal injury accident] rate is significantly higher for the sites with speed cameras than the rate for sites without."

An analysis of this data, buried on page 43 of the report, yields the following result:


Although the Department for Transport's Highways Agency funded the study, no information regarding these results was ever made public until a Freedom of Information Act request was honored earlier this month. The Transport Research Laboratory attempted to suppress the UK taxpayer-funded study further by charging £40 (US $72) for access to the results. Moreover, the study's executive summary calculates only the aggregate accident rate including the benefit of manned police patrol cars in the work zones. The significant decrease in accidents from a human police presence was used to offset the increase in camera accidents.

"It is outrageous that this sort of information has been hidden from the public," said Safe Speed road safety campaign founder Paul Smith whose FOIA request uncovered the study's existence. "We have all seen strange driver behaviour where fixed speed cameras operate. This report highlights the dangers. We're not surprised to see this information -- we have know for years that speed cameras were the wrong road safety strategy, and it's a huge relief to see the truth coming out so clearly"

The TRL study compared accident reports covering 29 highway construction zone projects over 730km of road from November 2001 to July 2003 with an equivalent period without the construction zones, controlling for changes in traffic volume. In the US, the state of Illinois plans to implement a similar freeway work zone speed camera program within the next few months.

about 2 years ago I got a ticket for running a red light, caught by a camera....my first ticket in 40 years