Racers in Illinois

[Jim B]

Originally Posted by Mike Gray

It's odd that being in California where most of these ideas get started the city of Los Angeles is getting rid of it's red light cameras. Only in LA would the cost to run the cameras exceed the revenue produced by about 1 million dollars a year.
I'll bet the service contract was full of payoffs and bribes.

According to the public information available in LA there were over 30,000 red light camera violations issued in 2010. With an approximate $450 fine for red light and $150 fine for rolling right turn infractions that gives you some idea of the gross potential revenue. The maintenance contract allegedly only returns 10% of the collected revenue to the city. Since more than 50% of the issued summons remain unpaid the only beneficiaries are the Arizona company that was awarded the installation/maintenance contract and any government officials who may have benefited by the absurd contract terms. Since the court judges are allegedly not enforcing the issued summons (maybe they know something the public doesn't) that results in the monetary deficit. The present contract is expiring in July or August and there are still council members who are pushing for renewal. And some people seem surprised that California is broke......