Got Caught By a Red Light Camera?

mlts22 wrote:
That is the issue right there. If there are reasonable yellow timings, it adds to safety. However, a few years ago, I remember playing a MMO with a guy who claimed he used to work for a red light camera maker. He said that since their camera has full control of the traffic signal, they could actually set a random timer to flip a green light red, snap a photo, then flip it back green, all in less than 50-100 milliseconds. Other times, he could set the camera and the signal to go directly from green to red every so often at random, and nobody driving from midnight to 6:00 AM would contest it. The only way a driver would even have a chance to defend themselves against a ticket gotten by this manner is if they had a dash cam that had the ability to look up. That way, it would record the bogus light change.

Since a lot of these cameras are leaded to a private camera owning company, and with no way to prove that the system isn't rigged to catch 100% lawful drivers by fooling around with light timing, Roscoe P. Coltraine style, it is no wonder why they are being tossed.

The guy was pulling your leg.

No system allows the camera system to take over the traffic signal controller.

There are far easier ways to rack up a lot of tickets if revenue is the goal.