The city is relying ever more on crazy-efficient photo enforcement, in the form of red-light cameras at four intersections and roving speed-radar vans that generated nearly 173,000 mailed citations last year.
If you are among the untold millions who feel a cold chill of dread as you approach a red-light camera intersection on a stale green light with an SUV bearing down your tail, try to breathe into a paper bag as we work through the logistics of a rather significant local development on that whole anxious deal.
Cedar Rapids quietly discontinued a controversial collection initiative in which people owing money for unpaid automated traffic camera tickets had their debt turned over to the state, which in turn withheld their state income tax returns.
"The people of Texas have ... had enough," said state Rep. Jonathan Stickland, R-Bedford, who filed one of the bills. "It's time that we protect the rights of Texans and finally ban red light cameras."