“Earlier this month a pickup truck ran a red light at a downtown New Haven intersection and smashed so hard into a passing car that it was spun over the sidewalk, hit a bus shelter and came to rest against a market. The driver had to be cut from the vehicle to be taken to the hospital. Running red lights is all too common, and invariably dangerous. That is why the legislature should give municipalities the option of installing safety cameras, known as “red light cameras,” at problem intersections.”
