Many drivers run red lights which cause accidents involving innocent people. Red light cameras have helped many communities enforce traffic laws by photographing vehicles whose drivers have ran red lights. A red light camera system is connected to both the traffic signal and sensors underneath the pavement at the stop line. The system monitors the traffic signal, and whenever a vehicle passes over the sensors after the signal has turned red, the camera captures a photo of the vehicle. Then a second photograph is taken to show if the driver actually made a stop or kept on going. The camera records the date, the time that vehicle ran the red light occurred, and the time elapsed at the beginning of the red signal and the speed of the vehicle. The light that flashes when the photo is taken will produce clear pictures of the vehicle under any condition. The penalty of running a red light is sent in forms of tickets which are mailed to the owners of the vehicle to inform that they were caught on camera violating
             the traffic law. The city of San Diego should turns back on red light cameras because it will not only reduce red light running but also save many lives.
             In San Diego, motorists who have been ticketed have filed a class-action suit contending that contractor Lockheed Martin IMS tinkered with sensors and selected intersections with short yellow lights to maximize the number of motorists who could be ticketed. For Example, former San Diego Mayor Roger Hedgecock, now a radio talk show host, denounces red-light cameras for increasing the number of rear-end collisions as motorists make sudden stops for short yellow lights. Hedgecock said he wrecked his car when he rammed the back end of a truck that "jammed on his breaks as the traffic light turned yellow" at a camera-equipped intersection.
             Every year, 800 people die and an estimated 200,000 plus are injured in crashes that involve red light
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