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Dallas will inactivate some red light cameras that worked "too well"

By Gritsforbreakfast

One of the things that makes me skeptical about red light cameras are the dramatic success rates touted by vendors. Since the companies make their profits off of each ticket, if they really worked as well as proponents, say, they quickly would not be cost effective to operate.That's supposedly what's happening in Dallas after they implemented red light cameras, much to my surprise (I'm not sure I've heard of cities having the "too much success" problem before). Cities installing red light cameras all inevitably say they're doing so for public safety, but now that they turn out not to be a revenue generator, the City of Dallas will scale back plans to expand the cameras further. As a result, reports the Dallas News ("Dallas red light cameras may face changes as revenue estimates drop," March 18): one likely recommendation to the council is scaling back Dallas' plans to expand the red-light system to 100 cameras...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on March 19, 2008 (boomark / email).