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@Tasdrouille:
I also think part of the issue is cultural. Many Americans have an entitled attitude: Drivers are entitled to drive however they want (usually too fast), and the fraternal order of police for Anytown, USA are entitled to handing out tickets with their whole "guilty until proven innocent" nonsense. Not that I agree or subscribe to these ideas, but they are the norm. The police are more often than not very coercive, and are unequivocally more concerned with filling their municipality's coffers than the actual safety of John Q. Public. In canada, or at least where you live, it seems like the people are actually concerned about the safety and well-being of their neighbors, and the law shares that sentiment. Few of us only wish the U.S. could be more like that. I strongly disagree with the use of traffic cameras in a place where the impetus for law enforcement (traffic law, at least) is revenue, not these silly ideas like "safety" and "justice". I would be more inclined to support the use of traffic cameras if I lived in a place where I was comfortable knowing that society had more similar motives to mine. Perhaps Quebec is a place like this in which case I envy your living situation. The United States has some pretty cool features, but we also have some nasty cultural problems/addictions that are probably not fixable.
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