Facts:
1) There are now 5 guilty pleas or verdicts in federal Redflex-related cases for fraud, bribery, or extortion. NO ONE should ever deal with Redflex.
2) Red light cameras produce profits above their high costs ONLY by ticketing mostly safe drivers (along with a tiny percentage that deserve it).
3) These cameras are mostly about ticketing slow rolling right on red turns, actions that almost never cause crashes. NHTSA research shows right on red turns, with or without a full stop, are involved in only six one-hundredths of one percent (0.06% or 0.0006) of crashes with injuries or fatalities.
4) Right on red tickets for not quite stopping are larceny, literally theft from safe drivers who endangered no one.
5) Menlo Park should join this group. These 79 California cities were reported to have dropped red light cameras, or prohibited them before any were installed. Anaheim, Arleta, Baldwin Park, Bell Gardens, Belmont, Berkeley, Burlingame, Cerritos, City of Orange, Compton, Corona, Costa Mesa, Cupertino, Davis, East LA, El Cajon, El Monte, Emeryville, Escondido, Fairfield, Fresno, Fullerton, Gardena, Glendale, Grand Terrace, Hayward, Highland, Indian Wells, Inglewood, Irvine, Laguna Niguel, Laguna Woods, Lancaster, Loma Linda, Long Beach, City of Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Manteca, Marysville, Maywood, Montclair, Moreno Valley, Murrieta, Newport Beach, Oakland, Oceanside, Paramount, Pasadena, Poway, Rancho Cucamonga, Redlands, Redwood City, Riverside, Rocklin, Roseville, Rowland Heights, San Bernardino, San Carlos, San Diego, San Juan Capistrano, San Rafael, Santa Ana, Santa Clarita, Santa Fe Springs, Santa Maria, Santa Rosa, South Gate, South San Francisco, South Whittier, Stockton, Union City, Upland, Victorville, *Vista Jan. 2017*, Walnut, Westminster, Whittier, Yuba City, Yucaipa.
*cities where cameras operate until the end of their current contract on the dates noted*
33 plan to continue at this point. Note: The city of Modesto has a suspended program with an unknown future. They are still counted in the 33 number above, but only 32 programs are or plan to be issuing tickets currently, in a state that once had over 100 programs.
James C. Walker, National Motorists Association