[phil21]

This is how it's pitched.

Then in a few years you likely will find it outsourced to a third party contractor, who has helpfully worked with the city or county to place the cameras in convenient spots that just happen to generate a ton of revenue.

I'm not totally against the idea, but at least where I live these red light and speeding cameras have devolved into ways to gain revenue vs. safety just by taking note of where they happen to be placed (and not).

There also has been an overall push to slowly reduce the threshold for activation of the cameras. Started as egregious speeding, now it's 6 over. The outcome is of course exactly what you would predict: everyone figures out where the cameras are and slams on the brakes for that block only. Super safe!

[bryanlarsen]

According to the law, all cameras must be explicitly marked with a sign. So if its designed to increase revenue it's not going to be very effective.