[Jeff Higgins]

Here in Washington, the law states that if you entered the intersection under the yellow, you are good to go.

Even with that difference, however, our accidents have gone up. The insurance companies would rather pay out on a dozen low speed rear-enders than one full speed broadside, though, so that's what is driving it.

It's certainly not revenue anymore. It's been demonstrated just about everywhere that has these that eventually the populace gets "trained", and the number of tickets drops dramatically. Here in my town, we have reached the point where the fees from Traffic Solutions Inc., the provider of the cameras, are exceeding the revenue. Oh, they get a percentage as well, but that is only after the operational/maintenance fees are paid. TS Inc. gets paid first, not the city. They ain't stupid.