HOW MUCH GOOD ARE WE DOING?

I realize that these red light cameras are just awful, inaccurate things, that seem to be just another way to tax us. But, I'm sure the reason they were installed was to correct a wide range, raging traffic problem. One that was taking many lives, crippling and maiming hundreds, thousands. People turning right on red were thinning our population faster than an immigration crackdown.

  Now that you mention it, though, I don't remember seeing that in the media. Must have overlooked it. I'm sure that turning right on red was right up there with following too closely, texting, road rage, and illegal lane change.

  Wait a minute. Illegal lane change is the real reason turning right on red is so dangerous. Folks don't just turn right on red, they don't stay in their lane, and swing out into an accident.

  Don't think so? Next time you're waiting at a light, notice how many folks turning right at the intersection, don't stay in their lane but swing out into another. Most don't know or care how to make a legal turn in an intersection. 
  Ask your friends and relatives. Betcha most don't know how to make a legal turn. And it's one of the main causes of accidents. Maybe we should spend some time with that.

 Howsumever, since we have several months of data collected by now, and I'm sure the number of accidents has plunged, I'd like to see some credit given where it's deserved. And vicey-versey. Just how many accidents have the lights reduced?

  Don't know about you, but I feel safer already.
  PS Before you get all exercised at your local cops for doing this to you--don't. The cops don't make enough money from  traffic citations or fines to warrant the effort. The majority goes to other areas of government. The ones who count on it in their budgets. And badger the cops to write more tickets. The ones who think up these asinine scams.