Red light cameras have identity issues

Los Angeles' $15 million, high-tech camera system designed to catch red-light runners let nearly half of all violators in the San Fernando Valley off the hook last year because the drivers couldn't be identified, according to police data. Rachel Uranga in the Daily News.

While officials had hoped the cameras would result in a citation rate as high as 80 percent, in the Valley that was running at only 55percent last year.

While the rate citywide is slightly better at 60 percent, critics question the gaps and note that the project is now nearly five months behind schedule with only 26 of 32 cameras in place.