Ideally no they aren't a problem at all. The problem arises from other places when the legislators see it as a revenue stream, so to increase that they shorten

Ideally no they aren't a problem at all. The problem arises from other places when the legislators see it as a revenue stream, so to increase that they shorten the length of the yellow lights and do various other things similar so that people end up violating them more. This is obviously annoying since it means that you have a much greater chance of accidentally doing something that will result in a fine. And the worst of it is that shortening the yellow lights results in roads that are that much more unsafe. http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/red_light_cams_red_light_cam_0NJ954EGA2bSvVQcalErXJ http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/red_light_cams_red_light_... just one story about it.