RED TRAFFIC LIGHT VIOLATIONS are shameful...

How did these start? Heard a story on the radio news this am about the traffic light in front of Woodfield mall raking in the bucks on unsuspecting commuters. It is shameful for cities and villages to take advantage of people during tough times like these, in such a way. I had an experience most recently in Chicago and Worth, IL. They condition drivers to turn right on a red light (While in the opposite directions the cars are turning left)...when no cars are traveling North and South...and then they take your picture and send you a $100 ticket in the mail. Who came up with this concept? The devil?