On May 15, 2010, we blogged about (here) the Knoxville red light cameras that Mayor Haslam recommended to City Council and City Council approved. We initially reported that revenue estimates were $1.0 million a month for $12 million annually. We were asked to correct the post to $1.0 million annually.
So, then today’s News-Sentinel article (here) states that since Lasercraft took over last year from Redflex Traffic Systems there are 8,000 unpaid tickets to the tune of $944,000.00 This is just the unpaid ones which is likely 10-25% of all tickets issued. So, the paid tickets would (conservatively) likely triple that dollar amount. So, will a possible Governor Haslam impose red light cameras on all state highways? As a revenue grabbing measure.
