ROCHESTER -- A western New York city says it may nullify hundreds of tickets for running red lights because of a problem in a pair of the signals monitored by cameras.
Rochester officials tell local media outlets that differences in the amounts of time signals were yellow created a disparity in the numbers of the $50 tickets issued. There were 1,600 drivers ticketed traveling through the intersections in a direction where the yellow lasted three seconds compared to the other direction, when it lasted four seconds.
The problem was discovered by state officials after a ticket was protested.
The city has installed 31 red light cameras in the past two years.
Officials said Monday tickets from the two intersections will be reviewed and rescinded if the timing problem was involved.
