New traffic ticket cameras set to be placed in busy intersections in Carol Stream are raising a host of questions about their safety and legality. The cameras could also add fuel to the fire of local motorists who complain about the number of citations handed out by Carol Stream law enforcement along North Avenue. The complaints may not just be sour grapes from lead-footed drivers.

Safety first or speed trap? Red light cameras raising eyebrows

Knoxville police have lost red-light cameras to traffic accidents but never to gun play. “This is the first one that’s been shot,” Capt. Gordon Catlett said of the wounded camera at the intersection of Broadway Avenue and Interstate 640 — one of 15 camera-equipped intersections in the city. Clifford E. Clark, 47, was charged with felony vandalism and reckless endangerment for allegedly firing at least three rounds from a .30-06 hunting rifle at the camera, knocking it out of action.

Man shoots traffic camera with rifle

Hoboken is planning to use clandestine cameras to catch people running red lights and stop signs.

Smile, Hoboken: You’ll be on traffic light camera