Blue light above several traffic lights

[khayker]

Here in the UK they're to alert the CCTV cameras that someone has run a red light. The CCTV cameras are usually embeded in the street lights in the Uk and you wouldn't notice them unless you knew what to look for. Hope Florida isn't getting too much like the UK in that respect, they're everywhere over here.

[ryansing]

Originally Posted by kingtodd

That's interesting because you don't see them during the daylight hours....They're only visible at night from what I have seen....

Actually if you start to pay attention youll notice that they are visible during the day

[ryansing]

Originally Posted by kingtodd

Are these camera's....I see these blue lights primarily on my side of town near OIA on 436....Anyone know??

My brother works for the altamont springs police office when I asked him about this he told me it works as their eyes so they can spot people running red lights from any angle. the light wont be on if you are looking at a green light but all other lights will show blue above it and the green light from the other side will show blue but green means go blue means red which means stop ..

[psonio7]

When I first moved back here and saw them for the first time a few months ago I got worried. I thought they were the blue lights like they have in Baltimore. Those lights in Baltimore are Police cameras in high crime areas.

[tallrick]

Generally in Florida if no officer is present no valid citation can be written. I have had experience with receiving a ticket for a toll violation in error, and getting it dismissed simply because no officer was present. The cameras are for revenue generation, plain and simple. Hopefully the courts limit their use to when an officer is persent to witness a violation.

[Ruru]

Originally Posted by cmj_fla

They have had them here in Kissimmee for a few months and if its the same thing we have they are are aids for police officers in telling if you have run a red light. The lights turn blue as soon as it had turned red and it is visible in any direction they are sitting at. So if a police officer is sitting there waiting for red light runners they can see them coming and going essentially.

This is correct. The lights are so police can easily spot red light runners. Cameras can be seen mounted on light posts on many intersections now.

[Practice]

Originally Posted by beckycat

We have them in Lake Mary too. If that's the reason, isn't that a big waste of money? IMHO

Adding a blue lightbulb is pretty cheap. A lot cheaper than a camera.

[EyeAmAllDunn]

Those blue light are used by emergency vehicles. They are sensors that recognize emergency vehicles and turn the lights green for the emergency traffic.