The city of Rosemont put up a red-light camera at River Rd and Higgins because it's a dangerous intersection. (That's where I got hit by a lady who neglected to stop)
I'm in favor of it.
Today we got an email notice from the police department.
Well over 1000 violations have been recorded by the system since August 1st, with some remarkable results. A majority of the violations involve the failure of the vehicle operator to come to a stop when making a right turn on red. On the majority of the right turn on red violations the vehicle drivers never brought the vehicle to what would be remotely considered a complete stop.
Those were warning tickets. That warning period ended today.
1000 tickets. $100 each. 20 days.
That sounds a little bit like 50 a day, or $5000 every day. (In actuality, it's probably highly skewed towards weekdays, but the idea is there....)
I wonder how much those systems cost to install and maintain.