I am responding to the red-llght camera issues. We live in Rehoboth for eight months and in Ft. Lauderdale for four. Ft. Lauderdale has had red-light cameras for 10 years now, at multiple intersections. Two years ago, they discontinued using them because they were not functioning as they should.
The cameras were taking pictures of people stuck in the middle of intersections during rush hours, people making legal right turns on red. The courts were clogged with individuals fighting those tickets. Adjustments were made to the cameras and they went back into use. This year, Ft. Lauderdale again is going to discontinue using those cameras because of a huge increase in the number of rear-end accidents at those intersections. People are slamming on their brakes as soon as the light changes. I've seen the same happen on Route 1 in Rehoboth.
Ft. Lauderdale has far more cameras than the few in Rehoboth/Lewes area; however, the problems can stiill be the same. The use of cameras really needs to be evaluated as does the profit motive going to private companies who own and maintain them.
Andrew L. Herrick
Rehoboth Beach
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