We ran across an article in the North County Times that seems to put more emphasis on the profitability of red light cameras, than on the possibility that they might just save lives.
For us and our students, the emphasis should be on the improved safety factor of having the cameras, though unfortunately the issue does generate the usual hue and cry of, "it's just another way of finding more profit for the city from it's citizens". The tone of the article seems to enforce this unfortunate perception of the cameras, while paying scant attention to their true intended purpose: to catch red light runners and make them aware, (yes, monetarily--it's called waking them up by hitting them in the pocketbook), that what they are doing could be potentially lethal.
Escondido: Red Light Cameras Not Jeopardized By Contract Change
What do you think? Is the program a mere money maker, or do you feel that it has cut down on red light runners and thus saved lives?
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