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surprise_i'm_armed wrote: A bad side effect of the red light cameras is that motorists are so afraid
to run through a yellow that they stop very fast and then get rear-ended
by someone behind them that thought the front person was going to proceed
through on the yellow.

BINGO. I am 22, grew up driving on the farm, and until last year, had never had even the slightest fender bender.

The city of College Station installed 4 red light cameras. I was at an intersection which had NO camera. The light turns yellow, and someone who may or may not have been an illegal (they didn't speak english) panic stops in the middle of the intersection on the yellow. They were past the pedestrian cross walk and still tried to stop. This surprised me enough my own panic stop was slightly delayed, and while the hit was light enough no air bags were deployed and no one was injured, I of course received the ticket.

No doubt this illegal heard about the red light cameras and didn't want to get in trouble with the law.

Improved safety, didn't they?

surprise_i'm_armed wrote:The City of Duncanville, Texas (South Dallas County) issues tens of thousands
of red light tickets a year and has recently made the news for its questionable practices.

This stuff makes me pretty angry. Have you seen this recent story from Duncanville?

Duncanville, Texas mayor silences anti-camera councilman by having him arrested.

This is tyranny, plain and simple, and I can't imagine how the people of Duncanville continue put up with it. Shame on them.