(LEWES, Del.) - "Do you think if people knew they were being watched they'd slow down? "No," said Chance Vickers, a technician at Mr. Tire.
Drivers zip through this busy intersection in Lewes. It's where Route 1 meets Route 9.
"The people are running the red lights and just driving way too fast," said Lisa, a manager at Mr. Tire.
DelDOT deems the intersection dangerous enough to place a red-light camera which tracks your speed.
"And the data has shown that the red light cameras have helped us reduce crashes, fatalities, and injuries at the intersections they're used at," said Shailen Bhatt, DelDOT's secretary.
These cameras operate 24-hours a day, 7 days a week. DelDOT officials say they are a last resort.
"We want to do anything else we can before we get to that step," said Mark Luszcz, DelDOT's Chief Traffic Engineer.
The cameras work like this: if a driver enters the intersection after the light turns red, the camera takes two pictures and a 12-second video of the red light run.
Reviewers check the video and make a decision about the violation. Employees at Mr. Tire across the way say the cameras don't stop those red light running culprits.
"Do you think that does anything?" "No, because we see the lights flash off taking their picture, running through the red lights," added Lisa.
Lisa believes drivers do not know they are being watched at the intersection.
DelDOT officials say they've installed the red light cameras to promote safety at intersections like this like this. However, those monitors have been catching a lot of people running red lights as well as netting a lot of tickets.
77 tickets from Mid-November to the first week of December, to be exact. Each ticket costs $137.50 a pop.
"Have you seen any difference since the lights have gone in?" "No, no. When the light is about to turn red, they just hit it, and try to get through as quick as they can," added Chance.
While filming the piece, the camera flashes four times, and it's these flahses that leave Lewes residents doubting if the monitoring works.
DelDOT says these camera violations are a civil offense and will not impact insurance rates or accumulate points on a driver's record.