Lifesaving cameras

RE 'RETHINKING red light cameras,' letters, Feb. 6: After reading our city treasurer's take on red-light cameras, I had to respond. I have one question for John Atkinson. How many lives would it take for him to approve of the cameras? For our family, one was enough.

You would think that part of his job as a city official is to uphold the laws of this state. He, better than anyone, should know how tight the budgets are and that the cameras are only helping to enforce those laws.

If one camera in Virginia Beach stops someone from running a red light and killing another person, it is well worth the cost.

The one thing about all of this that really bothers me is that once again, people who break the law are getting more consideration than those who obey it. Running a red light is breaking the law.

If someone had just obeyed the law, we would be celebrating my grandson's 12th birthday in three weeks, but it's not to be because stopping for a red light just wasn't convenient.