Reply #118: Money and safety

[quaker bill]

It is a way to generate revenue from "violators" marketed on safety grounds. Running red lights is clearly dangerous.

The question then becomes how many of the folks who run red lights and get into all these accidents, actually noticed the light and intentionally ran it? My bet would be that this number is actually fairly small and accordingly, the improvements to safety will be modest. However, revenue generated by people who "cut it close" and might still be partially in the intersection when the light changes, will be quite large. Safety is the marketing premise, but revenue will sustain and expand this. It is always easy to "tax" violators, of any sort.