Brickbats

Red Light

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When Edward Keegan got a ticket for running a red light, he knew it was a mistake. First of all, the Philadelphia man says he hasn't been through that particular intersection in years. Second, his car was parked in his garage when an automatic camera supposedly caught his car going through the light. Sure enough, the car in the photograph taken by the camera is black. His is red. And he says the photo is so blurry he couldn't make out the tag number. After reviewing the ticket, the city cancelled it. But City Parking Authority executive director Vincent Fenerty stands by the traffic cameras. "This is pure human error. The cameras themselves work," he said.