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It seems to me that the key issue here is not traffic enforcement cameras (at least, not unless you get into the side issue of cameras being acceptable at all, electronic surveillance being unacceptable to some), but rather proper use thereof.
Cameras should be used so that they fine only those who actually violate the law blatently, and drivers should be made aware of the rules involving yellow lights (as I understand them, if light changes yellow, continue on unless you have time to stop before the intersection).
That someone (in this very thread) thought that the way to go was slamming on your brakes when you saw a yellow light, indicates some miscommunication or badly worded laws. Or outright intentional idiocy to make money, which probably happens in a few places.
Cameras should be used so that they fine only those who actually violate the law blatently, and drivers should be made aware of the rules involving yellow lights (as I understand them, if light changes yellow, continue on unless you have time to stop before the intersection).
That someone (in this very thread) thought that the way to go was slamming on your brakes when you saw a yellow light, indicates some miscommunication or badly worded laws. Or outright intentional idiocy to make money, which probably happens in a few places.