Most Americans don't like the idea. That could change. Insurance companies, police agencies, and equipment salesmen are trying to reverse American opinion on machine-issued tickets. Their strategy is to use conspicuous, emotional issues as a wedge for forcing photo radar into the traffic law of every state. Although most people remain opposed to photo radar, its friends have found that if the idea is packaged right, it can be sold.
People are more willing to buy the idea if it's advertised as a solution to an emotional issue.
Some of these are serious problems, and radar salesmen know that it's almost impossible to argue against enforcement of the law where school children or pedestrians are involved. They also know that once automated ticketing is legalized in one instance, it can be made to apply to all cases. The strategy can be seen in action. In New York and Ohio, bills in the state legislature would legalize photo radar in construction zones. Sometimes, it's proposed that machine-issued tickets not be used to issue driver's license points or raise insurance premiums, to make the idea still more palatable.