Red-light cameras boost coffers, rile drivers

Red-light cameras boost coffers, rile drivers
Anyone in California snapped violating a red light pays a fine of $480, and according to the traffic-watch site TheNewspaper.com, no other jurisdiction anywhere has a tab that high. The second-highest fine in the United States is $250, and it is usually more like $100.

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Wow. This is just another way local governments get around the property tax cap of Proposition 13, from the 1978 tax revolt. The voters say they want their taxes capped, so governments shift to fees for services, special districts, and fines for things like this.