My sincerest thanks to all the readers who filled my newspaper e-mail boxes with so many interesting comments and questions about red-light cameras.

Reader comments:

A year ago, my mother was killed by a driver who ran a red light and broadsided her car at about 40 mph. The driver denied that she ran the light even though five witnesses - including her passenger - stated she did.

I hope that every intersection gets a red-light camera. After a few tickets, maybe people will start paying attention to the traffic signals instead of their cell phones and music players. - David Swenson, Redlands

Red-light cameras make judgments in a time span that is faster than the eye can blink or the mind can react. Because of that, your right to view the photographic evidence to see if it supports your opinion has little or no bearing on the situation. In the end, a 5-pound camera is not going to stop a 4,000-pound vehicle that is intent on running a red light. - Bill Noyes

Camera enforcement can be better served by also citing drivers who block the intersection. It should be pointed out that the citation for blocking an intersection is only half the amount of a citation for running a red light.

If there truly is a serious concern for safety versus just raking in revenue, cameras should enforce those who block intersections, as well. - Jerry Poupard, Redlands

As I sit at a green light and watch car after car blatantly and nonchalantly run the red left-turn light - prohibiting me from going on my way legally - I wish there was a red-light camera at every intersection! - Lois Mentze

Surely any person with average intelligence would see red-light cameras as just another way to increase the income of cities, rather than a "safety" device, as they are being sold to the public. At a city council meeting, it was explained how they could "shave a few tenths of a second off of the time the amber was on" to improve the number of tickets awarded to motorists. - Kelly, Alta Loma

I was hit by a person running a red light, and that experience is one I do not want to have again. If these cameras save one person from an accident, then they have served a purpose. - Hilda Ambriz, Ontario

I, too, received a red-light ticket, and once I reviewed the online "movie" of my infraction, I had to admit that I was guilty as charged.

I have many friends in law enforcement who said to go to court and the fee could be, at the very least, reduced. The day I went to court, there were many red-light traffic offenders in the courtroom, and all had their fees reduced.

My total out-of-pocket expense, including traffic school, was dropped to less than $100. Well worth the trip to court. - Lynn Marquardt

Michelle Groh-Gordy is the owner of InterActive! Traffic School Online at www.trafficinteractive.com , and writes a syndicated weekly column on driving for the publications of the Los Angeles Newspaper Group.