Traffic rules should stick to one simple principle: ensuring driver and pedestrian safety.
But across Illinois, traffic rules are all about money. Local governments have abandoned the “safety” principle for the goal of maximizing ticket revenues with controversial red-light camera devices.
The growing body of research on red-light cameras is increasingly finding that the devices have no measurable effect on public safety at best, and actually make certain intersections more dangerous at worst.
Illinois red-light cameras have collected more than $1 billion from drivers.
Please sign Illinois Policy’s petition to support a ban on red-light cameras in Illinois and commit to vote in 2022.