[vincston]

Its baffling to me how the US cannot handle their traffic laws. How is there any doubt in running a red light? Why can they not let common sense handle it? Just fine the car owner without question. Car owners will think twice borrowing their cars. Easy detection, less bureaucracy. And hopefully safer streets.

[theragra]

Read other comments. It is not so simple. Traffic lights often are configured wrongly, when yellow light is too short. So, violations are used to profit from cases when the driver could not have been stopped. In such system, it is better to be safe than sorry.