TOLEDO, Ohio -
The City of Toledo says nine new red light and speed cameras will be activated Saturday night just before midnight.
They're located at several high traffic intersections across the city, including Reynolds and Bancroft.
Toledo police say these cameras are meant to slow drivers down and prevent accidents. Some drivers disagree, calling it a money grab by the city.
Kevin Foos has already paid two red light camera tickets in Toledo.
"I've been stung by them twice. It was one of those, I've got plenty of time, I'll go through and I didn't have plenty of time."
Starting this weekend even more red light and speed cameras will go live.
Jennifer Bailey says, "I don't want to say, they're just a pain."
Friday, crews conducted final speed certifications on the new ones. A Toledo police officer used a radar gun to get a driver's speed, testing to see if that matches what the camera catches.
Saturday just before midnight, nine will be activated at the intersections of Dorr and Collingwood, Secor and Alexis, Alexis and Whitmer, Reynolds and Bancroft, and Cherry and Delaware.
Late next month two more cameras will start catching speeders on the Anthony Wayne Trail near the Toledo Zoo.
The new ones bring the total number of red light cameras in the City of Toledo to 44. Since they started going up ten years ago the tickets have generated millions of dollars for the city.
In 2010, Toledo collected $788,000 from red light camera tickets. Last year, more than a million.
Already in 2012 , the city has collected $348,000
Driver Tony Tuggle is not happy.
"I don't like it at all. I think it's just another way to have people pay more money for stuff that's not important."
Kevin Foos says the cameras could actually cause accidents.
"I think they're good, but at the same time, I see people, 'Oh, there's a red light camera, go!' They rush through them. I'm afraid they're going to cause more accidents than they are doing good."
Toledo Police say these cameras do in fact reduce accidents at these intersections.
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