CHL/LEO wrote:Supposedly, there is a video that they check to see if you entered the intersection on the yellow light.
In Dallas, when you receive your notice in the mail, you also get a link to your video.
Charles - in reference to your rant: there are plenty of officers in Dallas that agree with you on this one. The media up this way has been showing lots of reports where they've found that the city has "decreased" the length of the yellow light from what it was prior to the cameras being installed. They said that it's still within guidelines but the reporters have found several instances where they are short cycling. The various city reps say that's too bad but they are keeping them this way.
Red Light Cameras almost got banned during the last legislation session so that might be the only way to stop them.
Oh yeah, Speeding Cameras are just around the corner. You think that Red Light Cameras cause controversy, just wait until speeding cameras start going up all around the state. The media ran a story about a town in North Texas that put one up and the residents were going crazy about it. It's portable so it gets moved all the time.
We had that back in Pasadena, California - both the red light AND speeding cameras. The speeding camera was in a white, unmarked (from the rear) Chevy Blazer, pointing out the rear window.