Red light camera, a good tool? or profit machine?

[MrsSledn]

Our city just had these put up a few weeks ago. There are signs posted stating red light camera control enforcement, about 200 feet from the traffic light. I travel through said intersection sometimes 3 or 4 times a day. And the screetching of brakes has increased very much. Our neighborhood Walgreens is at said intersection. Each time I go there, you hear someone in the intersection slamming on their brakes. Not good in this weather either. At night, those flashes from the cameras can get distracting. If you don't realize they are there and they flash, you are going to turn your head toward the flash to see where it was coming from.

But I also agree with the fact that if one obeys the traffic law, this wouldn't be a problem. I have also noticed an influx of people turning left on yellow/red lights, in turn making the others who actually have the green light, wait. This is bull.