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Red Light Cameras Rigged?

Conspiracy
theorists would likely find some satisfaction because before I could
post a link to this release at the National Motorists Association website, the link went dead.
Whether it goes live again or not, we'll see. The gist of it is that
the surveyed the light timing of intersections that include automated
red light cameras and compared them to adjoiningintersessions that
don't have the camera, and they found that in six cities the
camera-armed intersections had shorter yellow light cycles than similar
intersections elsewhere on the road. Save this link UAW-LSP comrades, we'll get calls, just you wait and see.

Of
course, if you are going to use the light timing as an issue in
challenging your ticket, you've got to do more than prove that the
light is short, or even that it is shorter than the lights around it.
You've got to prove that the light is too short to serve it's purpose
of allowing traffic to clear the intersection. That may mean expert
testimony. You're more likely to have success bringing it to the
attention of your local television investigative reporter, and hope
that there's a ratings week before your case comes up.

Here's a link to a local news story from Arizona about the profit motives behind red light cams.