After collecting millions of dollars in revenue from drivers who illegally ran red lights over the last year, Orlando City Council on Monday will consider a significant expansion of its red light camera program for more than four dozen intersections the city has flagged as hazardous.
According to city documents, the city currently has 45 traffic infraction detectors (i.e., red light cameras) set up at 25 intersections across the city. Most are concentrated downtown, representing less than 5 percent of the more than 500 intersections within city limits.
The intersections where cameras have been set up have been identified as particularly dangerous, based on collected crash, injury and fatality data…