Costs for Cameras in Dallas

The amount some camera ticket vendors make depends on the city and the contract they have with the city. Vendors can end up making a huge amount in revenue from the red light cameras. Dallas contracts with Afflicted Computer System and pays $3,800 per each 59 cameras each month. That means ACS collects around $250,000 of taxpayer money each month from the cameras. Overall, they've spent nearly 30 million on red light cameras with the ACS company. Big cities with red light cameras often make a big profit, however so do the camera vendors. The report says that contracts between cities and camera vendors puts ticket revenue as a higher priority than actual safety. However, there has been a 38% decrease in accidents near Dallas.


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Source: Wilonsky, Robert. "Latest Red Light Camera Study Questions the System's Financial and Safety Perks - Dallas News - Unfair Park." The Dallas Observer Blogs. Dallas Observer Blog, 2011. Web. 09 Dec. 2011. <http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/unfairpark/2011/10/latest_red_light_camera_study.php>.