JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The Jacksonville Sheriff's Office has a new tool to stop red-light runners -- shame. JSO has begun an online campaign to get people to stop running lights.
Red-light cameras are all over the city. And now, police aren't the only ones watching the traffic violations the cameras catch.
This is how Jacksonville drivers describe Jacksonville drivers.
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"They're awful," said Lynda Tabone
"Crazy," said Jason Memrick with a laugh.
JSO's posted video on its Facebook page of its red-light runner of the week captured by a red light camera, showing what could have been a collision on Baymeadows Road at Interstate 295.
"They're something else. They can drive crazy out here," said Herbert Johnson.
The cameras started popping up in Jacksonville a couple of years ago with few complaints. Drivers don't even mind JSO potentially humiliating other drivers by posting their bad behavior online.
"I would say I'm probably more cautious, yeah," Memrick said.
And as long as drivers like this exist, the people I spoke to say the cameras are clearly needed.
"I think it's really good down here because people with the double turning lanes and stuff like that, so it's many people trying to get through," Tabone said.
Remember, you get a $158 ticket when you're busted by a red-light camera.