Red Light Cameras Coming Down in Rochester,NY

Red light cameras have been discussed in many cities in the United States, including Buffalo and Rochester. Looks like one city has seen enough.

According to Metro Source News, the city council in Rochester,NY has decided to end their use of cameras at intersections.

"The 32-cameras at city intersections are to be taken down in the near future. The council voted six-to-three and the city seems to be on track to actually ending this program by the end of the year."

The council voted on Tuesday night to end plans to extend the program.

It was just two weeks prior that the Mayor of Rochester went on record to say,

"“I am particularly concerned that too many of these tickets have been issued to people who can least afford to pay them, which is counterproductive to our efforts to reverse our city’s troubling rates of poverty. I cannot, in good conscience, wage a fight against poverty while also imposing burdensome fines that that have a disproportionate impact on people living in poverty. “That just doesn’t make sense.”