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I am one of those victims. Not only paid $550 and another 8hrs of my life trying to deal with it in the court unsuccessfully. All for not coming to a complete stop before taking the right turn. Live and learn :)

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Game theory at its best. Red light cameras are a lose-lose scenario, if you're in the wrong and fight it, you lose money and time, if you're in the right and fight it, you lose time, if you just don't fight it, you just lose money. There's no way to be involved with red light cameras and not be penalized.

I never figured a camera can tell if you stop on red when turning right? That seems like it would require advanced AI. Is that really what happened to you?

In what way are you a victim? You ran a red light. Have you any clue what kind of accident that creates. I'm sure you were a tenth of a second late, so didn't endanger anyone, right?

Well, I have been first-hand crossing an intersection with someone ignoring the red light. It's not fun :-(

You're not alone. I thought this claim to be a victim was ridiculous, too. After all, "stopping at a red light" is standard driver's manual material, along with notes on being cautious about taking a right there, considering in this situation, you are the last to have the right of way.

I have noticed that Internet threads about driving are generally useless, full of ignorance and pride. Folks think they know how to drive, and they do not want to be told they are wrong.

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