Even now, most speeding, running red lights, blocking crosswalks, turning right on red without stopping, not yielding to pedestrians, and more unsafe behaviors go unpunished. If a substantially larger number of cameras started enforcing these violations at important intersections, we might gain the same safety benefit even with much smaller fines.

There's a procurement process going on to get more cameras that can catch more violations. Whatever is holding this up, get it moving, and ensure there's enough money in the budget to pay for the new cameras on the schedule of options in the RFP. Once this is done, look into lowering fines when a lower fine will still create enough incentive not to drive unsafely.