TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) - The city of Toledo collected nearly $3 million from red-light or speed cameras in 2012 - and officials expect that number will be even higher this year.
But city leaders insist the cameras - which target speeders or red-light runners who are then issued citations by mail - are not about making money, but making the city safer.
The Blade newspaper reports that Toledo took in nearly $788,000 from the cameras in 2010, and about $1 million in 2011. The city expects to collect about $4.2 million from the cameras this year.
More than 68,000 citations were issued last year from the cameras in Toledo.
Automated red-light and speeding cameras have withstood numerous legal challenges in Ohio, including a 2008 Ohio Supreme Court ruling.
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