By: diddlede on 3/31/08
I have heard lots of people saying they will take "round about ways" to get to where they are going to avoid these cameras. Guess this will take some of the congested traffic off the major streets where the cameras are located.

By: Ponycar on 3/31/08
It's all about getting deeper in our pockets and collecting more revenue for the city, nothing else.

By: lcaffey on 3/31/08
I've already noticed a lot less cars running the reds lights at major intersections.

By: believeit on 3/31/08
Ok, the headline says the red-light cameras on track, but the story says...
"engineering issues and weather delays have pushed the date back a few weeks.."
Right on schedule

By: cathey51 on 4/1/08
I don't understand why Cason Lane and Old Fort Park and Old Fort Park and Broad Street weren't chosen first for these cameras? These are the places I see people running red lights and has the worst traffic ever! I drive MTSU blvd. and Church St every day to work, and I just don't see the problems there like I do in these intersections (it's either speeding, cutting people off or something everyday). I use to think the worse drivers were in Nashville and I'm so glad I don't live there anymore (25 years ago); but now the Boro is getting just as bad. The city is definitely growing - and bringing in people with bad driving habits and attitudes, that's for sure.

By: Ponycar on 4/1/08
These red light cameras have been ruled unconstitutional in the state of Minnesota. The state supreme court ruled that the cameras disregard a state law requiring uniformity of trafic laws throughout the state. The court further found that red light cameras offered fewer due process protections ( which the 5th amendment of the constitution assures)than available to motorists porsecuted for the same offense in the conventional way after having been pulled over by a policeman. " The problem with the presumption that the owner of the vehicle was the driver eliminates the presumption of innocence and shifts the burden of proof by the rules of the criminal procedure "

I agree with the supreme court in Minnesota's ruling. Just because they have a picture of my car running a red light, does not mean that I was driving it. I could have loaned my car to my neighbor, my friend, or my 16 year old. They are going to presume me guilty just because the registration will come back to me when they run the tag. I have to prove it wasnt me instead of the court proving it was. This is clearly a violation of our 5th amendment rights ( proof beyond a reasonable doubt).

I'm not worried about me getting tickets. I havent had one in well over 25 years. I'm worried about our rights as citizens being violated. Whats next ?