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This Could Happen to You: Revenue-Hungry Cities Mess With Traffic Lights to Write More Tickets and Make Driving More Dangerous

April 5th, 2017
Categories: News

Link: http://www.alternet.org/economy/could-happen-you-revenue-hungry-cities-mess-traffic-lights-write-more-tickets-and-make

As privately operated red-light cameras proliferate across the country, cities and towns shortening yellow lights spike the number of tickets, and thereby increase revenue. The profits come at a social cost, as shorter yellow light times have been associated with an increase in car accidents.

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