Since its inception in 2005, Philadelphia's red light camera program certainly saved dozens of lives and has, in fact, brought in more than $20.5-million in fines.
The state kept half and the city of Philadelphia got half back in grant money.
But the program is on life support now because of divisions in Harrisburg.
Some state lawmakers are holding out on renewal because they want it extended to more than a dozen other Pennsylvania cities including Chester and Pittsburgh while a lot of rural lawmakers are against it in principal.
"The question right now is expansion. Other counties and other townships throughout Pennsylvania have looked at the model created in Philadelphia and they would also like to have it moved to their counties and townships," Vince Fenerty of the Philadelphia Parking Authority said.
Philadelphia now has 96 cameras at 21 intersection, nine on the notorious Roosevelt Boulevard.
The cameras and the $100 fines they generate when someone is caught running a red light have dramatically stemmed the rampant fatalities that were standard fare on one of the country's most treacherous highway stretches.
"There've been no t-bone accidents along Roosevelt Boulevards, pedestrians are not being ran over like they were. If you save one life anywhere in this state, it's worth it," Fenerty said.
Philadelphia's red light program is stalled in the lower chamber of the statehouse as the sand in the hourglass winds down on the 6-month extension keeping it alive.
Many are waiting to see how the backroom wheeling and dealing plays out.
