ROADGUY; Red-light cameras are a deeply personal issue for Roadguy.(NEWS)(ROADGUY)

From: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN) | Date: May 4, 2008| Author: Foti, Jim | Copyright information

Byline: JIM FOTI; STAFF WRITER

The courts switched them off and legislators have yet to turn them back on, but red-light cameras continue to fascinate Roadguy -- and he has his reasons.

In 2002, my car was totaled by a red-light runner in downtown Minneapolis. In 2006, my replacement vehicle collided with a red-light runner talking on his cell phone. Neither offending driver got a ticket; the police didn't witness the crashes.

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