This is in response to the Sept. 24 article regarding cameras going up at intersections to catch drivers running red lights. The article mentions violators receiving “scolding letters.” Why? These people know they are running the light and nobody will do anything.

I’ve seen in one instance an Auburn police officer who had to stop in an intersection in order to avoid a red-light runner.

Did he pursue? Not to my knowledge. He just continued on his way.

Many times these violators are involved with other things, such as using their cell phones. I really don’t care what conventional wisdom declares, if you’re talking on the phone, you are not giving 100 percent attention to the road.

These people are in a hurry so we’d just better stay out of their way.

Some of these same people pay no attention to the speed limit. It is still 25 mph on Court Street going out of the city until you reach the middle school. Public Works did install a 25 mph sign at the base of the hill. I don’t think it slowed anyone down. The average speed is about 40-45 mph.

Adherence to the law is not going to happen until violators start receiving hefty fines for violations. But until someone changes the law, no one is going to take the time to write the tickets.

Alan Elze, Auburn

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