At least one red light camera manufacturer in Illinois, is willing to consider a reduction in fines for right on red violations.
Redflex, according to a recent Tribune article, is open to embracing a reduced fee for rolling right on red violations in Naperville, where the company operates red light cameras for the west suburban town.
Instead of being fined $100, the same fine a motorist would receive for going through the intersection on red, an act which is infinitely more dangerous than a right on red violation, drivers would receive a $50 fine.
The same idea was floated to RedSpeed Illinois, another provider of red light camera services to municipalities in the state, by River Forest.
However, in the case of RedSpeed, a salesperson and an attorney for the company strongly objected to the concept.
All of this red light camera backlash comes on the heels of a series of stories by the Chicago Tribune and the Daily Herald.
Read Tribune writer Bob Secter’s piece, Red-light camera company open to two-tiered ticketing, for all the details.
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RedSpeed is amazingly arrogant. You’re a service provider, you give your customers what they want. Saying your system can’t support more than one fine level shows a pretty crappy system.
How about halving the fine if there are no other cars at the intersection? That’s not as dangerous as if there are.
Redflex cameras across the nation have had a strange virus which causes the traffic light they are at to shorten the time of the yellow usually to the 3 seconds required by federal law, but well below university study recommendations of 4.5. This does allow much more revenue for Redflex, and the cities, so when they say it is for safety, that is just a load of b.s.,.
MPH Reaction Time Stopping Distance Total Distance
40 mph 44 feet 81 feet 125 feet
Where Redflex cameras have shorten the yellow will someday kill if in fact they have not already done so. This is a company that touts safety but in fact many of their actions show that they care a whole lot more about revenue than protecting citizens.