Red-light cameras make $$$

[more_fasterer]

More red-light cameras please. What's not to like? Better public perception of the enforcement agency, a big revenue stream, a means of identifying repeat offenders as dangers to other road users... oh, and doing something that would actually contribute to safer roads

So many crap on about how bad the traffic is yet wouldn't for a second consider using public transport.

I bet a lot more people would consider using the public transport in this little town if it was a viable alternative to private transport..

[Swoop]

London has a toll (bout 5 punds I believe) to drive in to the city

8 Pounds. ~$24

[avgas]

we can get double tax on our petrol to cover the loss in earnings from not having tolls...... hell might as well increase the rego on motorbikes because um.... um.. they are big bad and dangerous.

Its happened.....quite a few times.....since i had my 98 RG!!!!!

[Manxman]

HAs anyone considered the carnage caused by the increasing number of red-light runners?

These drivers are a menace and I have absolutely no sympathy for anyone caught running a red light. I agree with the poster who mentioned jamming intersections by those too impatient to wait.

Yes, traffic is diabolical in Auckland and it's a major frustration trying to get anywhere if you're even a little bit in a hurry, but running red-lights is arrogantly dangerous!

Feck - n - ell...finally someone who sees some sense about this. Bling.

If you don't believe red light running is the closest thing to attempted murder going, then park yer arse down at the bottom of Haywards Hill one day - any day, cos it happens on a fecken frighteningly regular basis. I've seen (and I'm 101% sure that every other rider who frequents this set of lights will testify) many, many stupid decisions being made. Even despite the fact that these lights have a 2 second delay between red in one direction, to green the other, people still run these...badly.

Revenue gathering my arse...let's put it this way: how else would you police and stop people from red light running apart from stinging them a couple of hundred bucks each pop?

Red light running is a growing trend in NZ, it needs to be stopped and people need to understand that "it's not ok".

[MaxB]

Well I *555 d a driver today in Manukau. I was in my work car and a boy racer car with four yoofs in front of me ran the red on Roscmmon/Browns Road. He started in the right turn lane into Browns Road then without warning jumped left across 2 lanes to cross the light on red and into turning traffic. Cars were scattered all over the place.

At the next set of lights towards Wiri the car didn't even slow for the red, they just bowled through the lights and a tanker had to brake mid turn.

Red light number 2. Chuck in about 50 km/h over the limit between junctions.

What put me over the edge was at the Wiri Station Road intersection a bike was approaching the junction from the right and would be turning on the green. In the time it took to reach the lights our side flicked to green and the RF900 stopped in the queue. Lucky for him because I will bet big that boy racer had no intention of stopping if the lights changed.

I timed it. 4 seconds. If the bike had arrived 4 seconds earlier he would have met the car in the junction. That is why I rang *555. They said they would be out looking for him.

I guess the red light cameras would have got some more evidence regardless of whether a member of the public phoned them.