Well, DC is the special case in the area. Over a third of residents don't own a car and just a hair under half (49.5%) walk or use public transit to get to work

Well, DC is the special case in the area. Over a third of residents don't own a car and just a hair under half (49.5%) walk or use public transit to get to work. Contrast that with MD or VA where the numbers are 11% and 6.6% respectively. In MD/VA 83%/87% drive or carpool to work. (http://factfinder2.census.gov/ http://factfinder2.census.gov/) I expect the majority of people ticketed in DC are those commuters coming from the surrounding suburbs. It's logical that people who aren't negatively affected by the cameras have a better opinion of them. Even then, the survey linked in that thread shows a fairly narrow majority (55%) approval. There's more cheering for red light cameras and requests for box block cameras than traffic cameras in general. Anecdotally, most find red light cameras more acceptable than speed cameras. Personally, I commute into DC every day, but rarely by car. I don't mind the cameras outside of the uncharacteristically low-speed ones posted along empty stretches on the main arteries in and out of town. They're automated toll collectors targeting tourists and first-timers. Also, what a typical Reddit thread. Every comment that's remotely critical of the cameras has been downvoted negative despite some perfectly valid points.