Red light cameras and trucking

There are currently several lawsuits against the cameras. Studies show they actually cause more accidents then they prevent. Accidents in the intersection are slightly down, but there are significantly more people getting rear ended before the intersection. People slam on the brakes at yellow to avoid a ticket people behind don't pay attention and hit them. The city does not care about safety. A couple suburbs already took down their cameras.

 

Here's a newsflash. Those cameras are third party hardware, sold on a license and subscription plan. Cities LOSE money when they ticket you with them because an outside company charges for their usage, upkeep, and fees.

 

Chicago is the most corrupt city in the nation. Trust me they are making money. Yes a third party charged them but not nearly as much as they make off the fines, especially with the 2 second yellows that they changed to when they put up the cameras. But they are not getting me, I drive a straight truck with an apportioned plate, which in il goes on the front. No rear plate to get a picture of.

 

What's the deal with apportioned plates? I'm not understanding what that means yet. Someone was bragging about it at my last drop and I... Well, I'm still about as green as a highway sign.

 

If you cross state lines you need have to have an apportioned plate on your power unit (tractor, or straight truck). I don't know exactly how it works, but the plate fees get split up to all of the state's instead of just to your home state. You also need ifta stickers, which help spread your fuel tax to all states you drive in. I am a local driver but since I sometimes go into wi, and in, I need the apportioned plates. Most apportioned plates go in semis so you only get 1 plate and it goes on the front. They assume there will be a trailer with its own plate.