Redwood City, CA to end red-light camera program
Mon, 04/08/2013 - 2:01pm
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 16 years
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Reported in today's Mercury News
http://www.mercurynews.com/mr-roadshow/ci_22966197/redwood-c...
"You won't have to curse over hefty red-light camera tickets in Redwood City anymore. The city has ended its camera program and joins Hayward as one of two towns in the Bay Area to turn cameras off. The main reasons: As more drivers stop at red lights, revenues to cover the costs have declined, rear-end collisions often increase and most tickets are written for right-turn violations, where the safety risks are lower.
Will there be more cities yanking out their cameras? San Francisco and Fremont, for example, say they will keep theirs."
Thanks to the Bay Area's Mr. Roadshow for the news.
Drivers drive the red light
Drivers drive the red light cameras. If drivers stopped at these lights, the revenue vs. cost would be to costly to continue to operate. Remember, these cameras are for revenue not safety. If you cut off the revenue, the cameras come down. It is the drivers/violators that decide when these cameras come down.
And it's almost always.....
revenue is down so we're puling the plug. Another clear sign these are simply a revenue generator and the safety issue is merely a ruse.