Show Us The Money

While motorists see red at traffic lights, the City of Arlington sees another color...green. The city, whose budget has been cramped by declining sales tax revenue in the last few years is set to close a deal with American Traffic Solutions. The deal will install 10 red-light cameras at a cost of $4,750.00 per month. Arlington's take? A staggering $3,800,000.00 a year. That means the cameras are expected to churn out citations worth $31,6666.67 a month giving the city a profit margin of over 65%.

I'm sure the city is motivated purely by concerns of traffic safety in doing the deal. A police department mouthpiece even told the S-T that the red-light cameras are to be installed at the, "10 most dangerous" intersections. For any residents of Arlington that believe that, I'll make you a deal on a boondoggle of a football stadium. Oh, wait, ya'll already bought that.