This article in the Wall Street Journal makes the point that red-light running is the cause of very few accidents, and that those accidents are not prevented by red-light cameras. Rather, state and municipal governments use them in conjunction with very short yellow lights as a way to drive revenue, which is not very surprising at all.
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The Senate ignored a key constitutional rule in passing the bill, and it may end up totally negated.
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