Camera Plans Hits Red Light

A New Jersey State Senate vote on a red light camera funding bill fell short of the votes needed to pass Monday. The Garden State is the only one to see its traffic camera plans go awry lately, however.

Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox declared use of red light and speed cameras
to be illegal. And the Minnesota Supreme Court struck down red light cameras,
ruling it was wrong for police to ticket the car owner, regardless of who was
driving.

Surveillance cameras used in crime-fighting seem to avoid most of these challenges, however, and catch actual bad guys.. There has got be a reason folks are so fixated on traffic cameras.