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Revenue Generating Red-Light Cameras Could be on Way Out

The shutters clicked, the grainy photos were sent to the red-light violators and St. Louis raised $4.1 million last year. Now the vehicular version of “Candid Camera” may be ending, as it has in other U.S. towns and cities. A …

Missouri Lawmakers Target Municipal Traffic Cameras

Missouri lawmakers could clear up a legal thicket entangling communities’ red light cameras while also applying the brakes to cameras designed to nab speeders. Several recent court rulings have raised new concerns about red light cameras while complaints have arisen …

Ohio Cities Back Toledo in Red Light Camera Case

After a string of rulings against traffic cameras, cities that use them are urging the Ohio Supreme Court to uphold the automated speeding and red-light enforcement. Columbus, Cleveland, Dayton and East Cleveland all are part of legal briefs filed in …

Sioux City Officials Cut Traffic Camera Funding

Sioux City, Iowa, officials are cutting $4 million in traffic camera funding from the city’s budget, under the assumption the state won’t allow placement of two cameras along Interstate 29. The Sioux City Journal reports only about $100,000 from the …

Traffic Camera Suit May Impact Cities Across Ohio

A lawsuit challenging how Ohio’s fourth-largest city hands out citations and fines to drivers caught speeding and running red lights on camera could impact other cities around the state with traffic cameras. The Ohio Supreme Court has agreed to review …

Red-Light Cameras in Tuscaloosa Await Final OK

Tuscaloosa officials are working on final approvals for the city’s red-light camera system. The Tuscaloosa News reports that an updated set of plans for the system has been delivered to the Alabama Department of Transportation. The newspaper says that once …

Crashes Up at City’s Red-Light Camera Locations

Data show that the number of accidents at Clive, Iowa, intersections monitored by red-light cameras was twice as high in 2012 as the number four years earlier. The Des Moines Register says over the same period, the number of accidents …

Alabama Town Cameras Generate 533 Citations in Single Month

Red light cameras in Opelika generated more than 500 citations in the first full month. Mayor Gary Fuller says 794 warnings were issued in April when the cameras started being used and motorists were getting used to them. The grace …

Ohio City Reaps $3M From Traffic Cams in ’12

The city of Toledo collected nearly $3 million from red-light or speed cameras in 2012 – and officials expect that number will be even higher this year. But city leaders insist the cameras – which target speeders or red-light runners …

Georgia City Considers Removing Red Light Cameras

An Atlanta, Ga., suburb might scrap its red light cameras, which are designed to nab motorists who run red lights. Roswell transportation director Steven Acenbrak tells The Atlanta Journal-Constitution that the number of crashes before the cameras were installed are …