WTSP: As profits plunge, red light cameras could go dark around Tampa Bay
Local governments across Florida are reconsidering red light cameras after longer yellow lights statewide reduced the ability to profit off of the program. While politicians hope that terminating contracts will end the controversy, Noah Pransky of WTSP-TV notes that it only adds to the debate: are RLCs actually a safety measure or are they simply for profit? Of every violation — usually a $158 fine — $83 goes to the State of Florida; the remaining $75 goes to pay RLC contracts,…
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