Chicago’s Secret Cash Machine

Published: March 7, 2016, 5:33 p.m.

Chicago drivers have forked over more than $600 million for traffic fines captured by red light cameras. But an investigation by the Chicago Tribune found that the largest robotic camera system in the country hasn’t done much to make the streets safer. Instead, city officials have used Chicago drivers like a network of cash machines. Reporter David Kidwell takes us behind the story. EPISODE NOTES: http://bit.ly/1OXFuWk