http://www.thecarconnection.com/news...ras-are-a-scam
I agree.
Speeding cameras (which issue tickets on their own, with no human involved) should be illegal.
It is simply not fair for a machine to write citations when it cannot judge the circumstances surrounding the situation.
What if the speeder is avoiding a drunk or reckless driver? What if the speeder is temporarily speeding up to pass another motorist, and then returning to the speed limit? The camera cannot record or verify any of these. It cannot make judgment calls. Basically, in court it is your word against a machine's.
These are cash cows for local governments. They are not about safety.
Red light cameras are even worse, as they CAUSE more accidents than they prevent. People slam on the brakes in fear of the camera catching them in a marginal yellow-light situation, causing rear-end collisions. For the most part, almost all dangerous red-light-running situations are a result of drivers who would not be deterred by a red light camera's existence -- drunks, people fleeing from the law, and extreme reckless drivers.