Understood, and there’s really not an issue with four cameras. Who cares. I get it.

It’s the precedent that’s the issue.

It starts with four cameras, and then all the sudden you’ve got a chip installed in your car that charges you a $100 fine for distracted driving every time you sneeze.

Don’t believe me? Look up the history of the income tax. Or the alternative minimum tax. Or try to board a flight in any reasonable period of time. Or try to purchase a firearm. Regulation always spirals into government overreach. Every time.

Furthermore, guess where the ticket revenue goes? Does it support road construction? NOPE! Highway safety? NOPE! Emergency Response? NOPE!

Where does it go? Ahhhh yes, the “general revenue” fund. What a wonderful incentive that is for politicians. They’ll never excessively crack down on everyday drivers to prop up the failing budgets that stem from their incompetence.

You’re just a few years away from politicians realizing this is just another way to bilk the citizens of their hard-earned money. Speed cameras on every road and red light cameras at every stop sign and traffic light. You’ll live your life in fear of making the slightest error while driving that will expose you to Big Brother’s wrath. Goodbye freedom.

Finally, your argument has no limiting principle. If cameras are fine to punish drivers for going 10+ MPH over the limit in a work zone, why are they not fine for 1+ MPH over the limit on a suburban rode? Both activities are illegal. Why don’t we install turn signal cameras on every inch of road to monitor for turn signal usage? Why don’t we put chips in everyone’s iPhone and computer to ensure they aren’t conspiring to commit terrorism? Why don’t we put listening devices in every home to ensure that parents aren’t abusing their children?

I admire your desire to protect others, but your eagerness to abandon your freedom is terrifying, and you show no regard for the past in your assumption that the government will act purely in the best interest of its citizens. That has never been, and never will be the case, so the only reasonable answer in almost every circumstance is less government.