Red Light Camera Facts The Company Behind the Cameras The Politicians
Most intersection cameras are only pointed in one direction.


On any photo radar intersection, you will see a RED line about 5 feet off the cross walk. This is the trigger. The red light camera is triggered when your vehicle crosses this red line after the light turns red.

In our example above the camera is facing south, so only speeders and red light runners coming south, crossing queen creek will be caught. There is signage for the red light camera noted on all four directions.
The company behind the cameras in Arizona is Redflex Holdings Limited. They are an AUSTRAILIAN based company located in South Melbourne. They are also publicly traded on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) under the ticker symbol RDF.

I wonder how many politicians who voted to put photo radar in place have this stock in their personal portfolio

Currently, Redflex has contracts in 20 of our 50 states including Arizona. There are currently seven cities/ counties under contracts with Redflex: Chandler, Paradise Valley, Pinal County, Prescott Valley, Scottsdale, Tempe, and Star Valley.
So Lets do Some Math.....

According to the East Valley Tribune,
Redflex charges $2600.00 per month per camera and $43.00 per ticket issued. The average ticket is 157.00. The other $114.00 goes to the city.

During the Trial Period in October 2006 the preliminary data showed before the cameras were installed, 50 percent of all vehicles during nonpeak hours were traveling more than 76 mph. Since the cameras have been in place, the city is estimating that less than 1 percent of vehicles have exceeded 76 mph. But that has still resulted in 185,916 detections and 130,992 citations or corporate notices to businesses or rental car agencies.

On February 2007, Photo radar was be reactivated on Scottsdale's Loop 101 on 22. The city is forecasting a $1.2 million profit by the end of June. 2005 census estimates peg Scottsdale's population at 226,013 people; therefore, the city is forecasting photo radar generating approximately $5.31 per resident by mid-year

In Scottsdale alone, they are projecting to issue 140,000 tickets, on just the 6 cameras on SR 101, this coming year. Doing the math that is almost 22 million in revenue for the city of Scottsdale.
 



In August 2007, with the support of Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano, Redflex was awarded the first statewide photo speed-enforcement contract in the U.S. to work with the Arizona departments of Public Safety and Transportation to deploy mobile speed-enforcement vans on freeways

There is no dispute that Photo Enforcement helps reduce 'Red Light Runners'.
Just the presence of a camera at an intersection strikes fear in the hearts of people not wanting to get caught by big brother. BanPhotoRadar.com is pro-red light cameras.
What we are against is the speed on green, mobile speed traps, and the freeway cameras that do nothing but create bottle necks in the daily commute and generate millions in revenue for a city



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