A better question to ask is why do our cities allow wreckless drivers to use city owned vehicles. If an employee of a private company got a red light ticket, the company would probably take it out of their pay check and then they'd be fired. I wonder how many city or state employees have been disciplined for the infraction...

I'm sorry that was suppose to say leading by example, my sentences ran together, too much going through my head about this topic.

As a city employee, your suppose to be making the city a better place, or atleast doing what you can. Ever hear of following by example? Not too mention, what kind of people are we hiring for the city, if they can't follow the laws themselves?!!?

have to be asked at all? A better question: what colection of dolts and morons omitted city employees to begin with? Any true emergency situation can be verified by city resources to determine if running a red light was in response to one. This reeks of what we get from our elected officials in Washington, in that they don't have to live with the consequences of the laws they inmpose on the rest of us, the city has decided to 'look out for their own' while dropping the hammer on the rest of the public. Does anyone wonder why govt and the people they employ at any level are viewed with such profound disrespect?

I recently had a close call at a red light without a camera. The light had turned yellow and I had enough time to come to a normal stop without jamming on brakes. But the pick up behind me decided he didn't like that and gunned his vehicle and swerved around me, almost catching the corner of my rear bumper. As he hit the intersection, the light turned red. The REAL solution is for everyone to slow down and heed the red lights and be prepared to come to a stop when the light turns yellow before getting to the intersection. Then those that are turning, you to come to a complete stop FIRST, and then proceed with your right turn on red AFTER STOPPING COMPLETELY. Same goes for STOP signs.

Once upon a time there was a mall in America. This mall was afraid a new mall in another city could decrease the value of its square footage.

What did the VB mall owners do? They pressured the city into using your tax dollar to rescue their tax revenues. The mall told them they would vacate the one of the highest value per square foot retail mall in the U.S.
Spineless!

The red light cameras are run by a private entity paid by for by your tax dollar. The installation of these cameras reduces costs on liability insurance the city must carry. Essentially... they are shaking their constituents down to keep your money in their coffers.

They don't want to steal from members of their 'family'... just yours.

they should be fined and if you lend your vehicle, it is your responcibility to handle the fine the way you see fit. If you can not than you have learned a valuable lesson. One last thing: do any of us believe this will change the cities mind.

So if the law requires the owner to be fined, why aren't the fines being passed along to the cities that own these vehicles? They can take it out of the workers' pay or take other appropriate disciplinary action (i.e. fire them).

The only exception should be for emergency vehicles with their lights on.

And the 6% that voted NO are probably actually the city workers themselves!!