Blood Money

I've never been a fan of red-light cameras. I've never been caught by one, so that's not the reason why.

These cameras are dangerous traps, preying on the drivers unfamiliar with the area. In Wilmington, the regular crops of new drivers include tourists, college students, and people coming to receive treatment at the regional medical center. These folks suffer not only from the tickets when they miss the very short yellow, but from the accidents that occur when the familiar drivers alter their behavior for this one intersection and stop short without warning for the short yellow.

I understand that the T-bone crash typical of running a red light can be truly horrific, but that does in no way give the government the green light to endanger it's populace with a product that causes a different sort of accident. The fact that these cameras are revenue generators just adds to the outrage. The government should not be making money from auto accidents, period. A community should be ashamed to have these vultures posted on their street corners.