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I'm all for having fines proportional to income rather than a fixed amount. You can also avoid it by not going through red lights.
When the private red light camera company was in my city, the camera company altered the yellow light timings shortening them when revenue fell so they could give people tickets. The red light camera company denied changing the timings for months. It took community action of someone standing with a stopwatch to catch them in a lie. The red light company was shut down.
Just to add, some of these companies are just assholes. I knew someone who got a ticket due to the fact he hydroplaned across a red light, it was either run the red or spinout of control. He ran the red and a deputy that witnessed the whole thing gave him a write off o the whole situation. Still got a ticket from the camera though, was easy to dismiss but if the cop hadn't been chill and put it in their system it would've been a bitch to dismiss.
This exact same thing happened to someone close to me except it was black ice instead of hydroplaning causing the slide. The red light camera ticket still stuck.
Agreed with not going through red lights, but there are definitely situations where it's safer to go through a pink light than slam on your brakes. In these cases, you're still getting punished by a camera.
We could get rid of all red lights if people drove better.
But that's not reality.
Be careful saying things like this ….. you’ll attract all roundabout fans saying it should be a goal to get rid of red lights
Have roundabout fans actually used roundabouts? People don't know how to use them lol
Yes, I use them all the time. They are fucking amazing.
You don't even have to use them in a country like the UK that has had them for a long time where people are used to them. Carmel, IN put roundabouts all over their part of Indianapolis (yes, I consider Carmel part of Indy and not its own city), and it took hardly any time for people to get used to them. The people that live their love them for the most part. Plainfield, IN also put roundabouts in more country road areas, and they are also great.
What's weird is when cities don't fully commit and put stoplights in the middle of a huge roundabout like in Inverness, Scottland.
I was being tongue-in-cheek.