Ladies and Gentleman, start your engines – but be prepared to stop when the light turns yellow.
After months of hype and speculation, red light cameras are now officially in place at 10 different intersections sprinkled throughout St. Petersburg.
The city becomes the latest municipality to adopt such controversial cameras, just as there had been momentum in the state legislature to repeal such technology (though a bill proposed in Tallahassee earlier this year died in committee).
This article appears in Sep 1-7, 2011.