Six U.S. cities have been found guilty of shortening the amber cycles below what is allowed by law on intersections equipped with cameras meant to catch red-light runners. The local governments in question have ignored the safety benefit of increasing the yellow light time and decided to install red-light cameras, shorten the yellow light duration, and collect the profits instead.
[From Six US cities tamper with traffic cameras for profit ]
(And this is one of the cheeriest stories I've read so far this morning.)
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