As recently as 2022, at least 527 red light cameras peppered the state, 300 of them in Chicago, where authorities also operate an additional 169 speed cameras that issued another 1.56 million tickets worth $102 million to the city in 2023.
A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.
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