Susuto

Ohio State did a study awhile back that if both directions of the light are red for atleast a second, you reduce T Bone accidents by 60%. Sadly, there’s no money in changing the timing of lights to make the roads safer.

Also, Johnny Long did a talk at Defcon 15 that mentioned them. According to him the cabinets on the side of the road has a standard Windows XP in it and talks to the camera’s via 802.11. I’m surprised they the camera’s aren’t hacked very often.

Another thing about the camera’s is that they aren’t normally owned by the city. They are owned by a contractor that gets a cut of the tickets. Usually it starts around 75% and goes down over time. This begs the question of private companies doing law enforcement. In Columbus, Ohio, we have the camera’s. Not only are they owned by a private company, but red light tickets are civil offences. Which means you don’t even get your day in court. You can contest the ticket & get a hearing if you pay a bond (the same price as the ticket), but you still cannot appeal the hearing if it’s against you.