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Originally Posted by Ganthrithor
You could just not run red lights? v0v
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Its a little tougher on some of the camera intersections. They have studies and graphs that show that as they shorten the yellow interval revenue goes up. In some cases they are able to get juridictions to change the timing of the intersection. the redlight camera compaines recommend short yellow and a delayed green for oncoming/crossing traffic as the ideal.
It is controversial whether they have improved safety at all as they quote statistics that include the delayed green (which is probably what reduces collisions more than the threat of a ticket). the companies keep about half the take so it can add up fast. they keep it a non-moving violation due to the enforcement issues mentioned by others and to encourage people to just pay and not fight it. they even have studies of how much they can charge in each area; they try to get as much as they can without hitting a threshold where people start to fight their tickets.
its a bizarre form of taxation by a for profit public private partnership that probably needs a bit more scrutiny but in the end isnt much different than small infamous cities that vary speed limits on thoroughfares to generate speeding ticket income (Emporia VA)