It's true. The intersections with the cameras are outright dangerous because people behave very unpredictably. Everybody's so scared of getting tickets (because you can not contest them in court or get any sense of justice, and they cost twice as much as a ticket from a cop for the same offence) that they do weird things to avoid it. As soon as the light turns yellow, people lock up the brakes. I have literally seen cars come to a screeching halt in a puff of smoke. This happens frequently at those intersections.

The thing is, the red light cameras came about because too many people were trying to sneak through the end of the green turn arrows. Knowing that a red arrow will prevent them from turning when the opposing traffic clears, being stuck there for a LONG time if they don't get through. Pushing the yellow/red is not the right thing to do on their part, but the city didn't do the right thing either. There seem to be two much better solutions. If it's not long enough then make the green arrow longer, or take away the red arrow so people can turn when it's clear. Either or both of those solutions would have solved the problem with no need for taxing the public to the tune of six million dollars.