Despite the fancy sensors and the latest technology, about half of red-light runners caught by high-tech cameras at certain busy intersections elude citations. Even so, cities are adding the cameras at a rapid pace, arguing that despite limitations, the cameras are reducing accidents and prompting motorists to think twice before gunning through red lights. The sophisticated systems--triggered by a motorist's speed when a light turns from yellow to red--began cropping up across Southern California four …showed first 75 words of 1101 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1101 total…feasibly handle. That means most intersections get no camera monitoring at all. But some experts are convinced there can be a "halo effect," in which seeing a camera at one intersection makes a motorist more careful at the next corner. Especially if you've received a red-light ticket. Like Crapo, the Saddleback Valley football coach. "I don't even run yellow lights now," he said. "The cameras do make a difference; they have with me." ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**