Most of the tickets issued off cameras in the city of Los Angeles — 80% — are for rolling right turns. Still legitimate violations, but not the super-dangerous red light running that we were told was the reason for buying the systems. In other words, they are less for safety than for revenue generation. The Times' Rich Connell digs out the stats, accompanied by a pretty nifty Flash graphic of how an intersection works.

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