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Houston's red-light camera system may not be paying off as expected, according to today's Chronicle: Between Sept. 1, when the cameras went online, and the end of the year only a quarter of drivers ticketed by the cameras had paid their citations. More than 14,000 citations were issued during that time from the 20 cameras in operation, which means around 3,500 of those citations were actually paid. At $75 per citation, that equals $262,500. The...

Remember Michael Kubosh, the guy who told the world he was going to run a red light and then claimed the city was targeting him when he got a ticket for doing it? It was a botched protest against the city's red-light camera system, but now Kubosh seems to have gotten back on track: Making good on his promise to fight the cameras, he's planning to file suit to get the cameras removed. Kubosh, a...

HPD gave some details about the city's new red-light camera system yesterday, and now we know a couple of things about Houston's traffic signal scofflaws: A lot of them seem to be in Clear Lake, but overall, there aren't as many as expected. Since the cameras went into operation a week ago, more than 600 violations have been caught on camera, HPD Sgt. Michael Muench said. That's less than the 250 a day police expected,...