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ARLINGTON — At least one City Council member wants to pull the plug on red-light traffic cameras in Arlington.

District 3 representative Robert Rivera, who supported installation of the cameras in 2007, said the city doesn’t have the ability to make scofflaws pay their delinquent fines so it’s unfair to the violators who do pay up. What changed his mind, Rivera said, was Tarrant County Tax Assessor-Collector Ron Wright’s recent decision not to block motor vehicle registration renewals for drivers who owe cities money for red-light violations.

“Eventually when our citizens learn there is no incentive for anyone to pay the fine, they will stop paying,” Rivera said. “This will not go on your credit. It’s a nonmoving violation, so it doesn’t show up on your record. Since there is no incentive to pay the fine, the cameras should be removed.”

Other council members say they still believe that red-light cameras are playing a critical role in making intersections safer, even if some violators refuse to pay.

“Forget the money. All I’m interested in is less people getting hurt and killed in intersection collisions,” Mayor Robert Cluck said. “It’s a dangerous world out there.”

At Rivera’s request, the council is tentatively set to discuss the red-light-camera program at its Sept. 16 meeting.

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most all Red-light cameras went away here in Ga when the Legislature passed a law
the yellow light must be 4 seconds. with the longer yellow the revenue dropped and did
not pay for the camera rentals.
so it seems it is not about safety but revenue.
while some are still active mostly these are where the right-on-red is big and camera
does not get one coming to COMPLETE stop. obviously the revenue exceeds the rentals

There is at least one flaw in Texas with the red-light camera system.
Texas law calls only for a complete stop before turning right on a red-light.
The camera wants a 3 second stop and will take your picture if you don't stop for three seconds.
If you get one of these tickets you can appeal it and win.
Most people don't know this and go ahead and pay them.

I like Tarrant County and the Cultural District Area where I work. If I could afford to live around here, I would.

Plano is ranked 9 out of 150 major cities as a retirement city! Ranked 1 in medical care. But, when we moved here Frisco, McKinney, and Allen hardly existed. Now, it's all a massive suburb and they just keep building.