Neptune NJ Red Light Camera?

Thanks for the report, I will do some investigating and see what is up in that area.

Miss POI

Typically, the cameras on top of the traffic lights are not red-light camers. They replace the sensors that used to be under the road bed.

Check out the sample photos here to see which type you recognize: http://www.poi-factory.com/node/6698

Gary A is right. They are popping up all over southern NJ as well.

Yep, we have them all over our area. They can be used to monitor traffic, if need be, but not used for people running red lights.

Sorry for hijacking your topic, but in my area we also have a lot of these cameras on top of the red light. At this one intersection I noticed with the camera there was also a kind of flash that was installed with it. Would that be a red light camera or just another traffic camera?

Most red light cameras that I am aware of take photos of the back of the vehicle, not the front. All cars are required to have a registration tag on the rear of the vehicle. Many States do not require a front tag. In MD, red light cameras and speed camera violations go to the vehicle owner, not the driver. This is not considered a moving violation, rather an opportunity to provide more money to the Government.

Sounds like what you saw was what emergency vehicles use to trigger the traffic light to change so that they can go through the intersection without to much trouble from cross traffic.