Daily Herald | Red-light camera company more than just a vendor

Article described the extensive lobbying of RedSpeed and other vendors.

Lombard-based RedSpeed is one of several companies leasing cameras to many Northwest and West suburban municipalities to catch red-light violators.

$100-per-violation tickets go to people turning right on red without coming to a complete stop or stopping before the white line, a maneuver experts consider less hazardous than running a red light. The research also found in many cases, cameras are located at or planned for intersections with minimal red-light-related accidents.

Schaumburg Mayor Al Larson responded that the cameras were sold to the village on the safety issue as a means of preventing deadly broadside accidents. But police found little public safety benefit.

Instead, the village received a flood of complaints and out-of-town visitors threatened to boycott hotels, shops and restaurants

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