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Use of Red-Light and Speeding Cameras Increases, but Some Protest

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Cities and towns across America cite evidence that traffic-camera technology saves lives, but some critics argue the technology is more cash cow than anything else. Chris Opfer reports.

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A law that would have brought about 40 speed-detection cameras to New York City stalled in the state Senate earlier this month, and won’t be reconsidered until 2013.

Meanwhile, across the Hudson River, another law aimed at the traffic-policing technology is being

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