I am not actually going to go shoot cameras with a paint gun, didn't you catch the part where I admitted that as a FANTASY? The point was, that if the people don't like how they're being governed, they can fix it if motivated.

Anyway, I don't run red lights. I don't advocate running red lights. I don't push yellow lights, and I don't drive around like I'm in a hurry. In fact my other car is a hybrid through which I have adapted to driving more passively than anyone I've ever seen.

What I do mind is not knowing they check speed too, then getting two speeding tickets with no knowledge of it, when I am driving the same speed as everyone else (which is the safest speed, by the way, proven in many studies). At 9 o'clock on a sunday morning, with very light traffic on an 8-lane roadway, I was driving a perfectly safe speed, albeit over the limit. If we'd known we had been caught at the first one, obviously we would not have been speeding at the second. They obviously take advantage of the fact that you have no idea you've been caught. So enough sanctimony from you folks who think it's so simple to not get caught by big brother. The most momentary lapse of attention to speed can result in a $100 ticket for going ONE mph over the limit. That has absolutely nothing to do with safety.

Add to that the complete violation of the constitution by concluding a guilty party with absolutely no proof whatsoever who was driving. In the case of "my" two tickets, I was driving in the first, and my wife and I honestly can not remember who was driving in the second offense. They have no proof to pin it on me, and according to the 5th ammendment, I don't have to incriminate myself or anyone else. It should be up to them to prove either of us committed a crime. In the pictures they have, no driver can be seen at all. Plus the fines from cameras are significantly more expensive than police tickets, which actually require the time and energy of a salaried officer who isn't working for a commission like the cameras are. This all adds up to a very unfair system.

As for the benefits at those particular intersections, yes fewer people push the yellow arrow at intersections with cameras. That is nice, and it is still a problem at the lights without cameras. But I still advocate fixing that problem the right way, by eliminating the problem. Make the green arrow longer and/or eliminate the red arrow. Problem solved, no fleecing the public, everybody's happy except the money grubbers and control freaks. That's perfectly fine with me.