A Cop Tells Me . . .

[Unit 5302]

You didn't read the Phoenix report did you PKRWUD?

Phoenix dropped the yellow light time from 4sec to 3sec on the intersections where the red light cameras were installed. That made the lights shorter than any others, and citiations went through the roof. Upon hundreds of complaints, they changed it back. The company building the camera's McDonnell Douglas or Boeing (forgot which aerospace company) then threatened the city. The company was making a cut of the traffic tickets. The city agreed to install more of the red light cameras, donate a much greater portion to the manufacturer, and NOT change the delay from yellow to red.

100% pure revenue. As far as running red lights, I try not to. Sometimes it's hard to gauge perfect, and you're right in the middle of going or stopping. Pretty lame to get ticketed out the wazoo with no judgement call.