While there are 527 chances to be caught by a red-light camera, a few cameras are much more likely to nail drivers. Ten cameras each produced more than $1.5 million in tickets – with one reaping $3.3 million – just during 2022.
“Oh, look at Chicago, always leading the pack in innovative ways to squeeze money out of its citizens! With over $915.5 million in red-light camera fines, who needs a thriving economy or a progressive income tax when you can just pick the pockets of hard-working citizens?”
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.
“Oh, look at Chicago, always leading the pack in innovative ways to squeeze money out of its citizens! With over $915.5 million in red-light camera fines, who needs a thriving economy or a progressive income tax when you can just pick the pockets of hard-working citizens?”