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Pishaw. If you don't think the first time you're caught by a red light camera you are more cautious next time? I don't know what you're thinking. The only thing people understand is $$. This brings the point home rather nicely, I think.
At the end of it all, lacking any credible evidence that the program has increased safety, or was even honestly intended to do so, you're still left making excuses for government engaging in fraud and extortion as a means of raising revenue.
If the program truly “worked” from a safety perspective, then very few drivers would be caught and fined, because very few would ever run red lights, and the program would probably lose money because it would not be collecting enough fines to pay the cost of maintaining it. Such a system can only be profitable by failing to stop people from committing the violations that it is intended to catch.
After all, someone who runs a red light, and is caught on one of these cameras and fined, did not create any less danger to himself and others than someone else who runs a red light and is not caught.