I had heard that Dick Armey had done an investigation into taping license plates who speed past red lights. It seems that what is happening is that the duration of the yellow light is being shortened, so as to "catch" more red-lighters. This, of course, is antithetical to the point at hand-- safety (sometimes the light is so short, and the best thing to do is get out of the intersection)-- so, of course what we have is a government revenue-generating program.

Your worst fears about big brother are right.