Should Red Light Cameras Be Stopped?

Theoretically red light cameras are great - who wants people running red lights? The problem comes when people fail to differentiate between red light cameras and security cameras and wind up throwing the baby out with the bath water. While they appear to be associated with safety, red light cameras in fact exist to generate revenue for cities, and they're largely ineffective at actually reducing accidents. Security cameras, on the other hand, exist to protect cities and people. To lose the latter because of the annoyance and poor performance of the former would be silly in the best case scenario, tragic in the worst. Unfortunately, that is exactly what may happen in cities throughout the country as citizens protest against red light cameras and the trade-off of privacy for city funds that they require.