We noticed something that looked odd about this traffic camera that is located on Bay Ridge Parkway (75th Street) just off of 3rd Avenue in Brooklyn.

It looked as though it was turned far away from the intersection to the point where it was impossible for it to catch the license plate of cars and trucks that blow through red lights — and thereby give them $50 fines for blowing through the red light.

Sure enough, we were right.  It doesn’t face the busy intersection.

The traffic camera is facing the rear end of a Citibank and doesn’t appear to have a clear shot of the intersection by about 70 to 80 feet.  Unless it has some sort of magical periscope type of camera in it, it’s not doing anyone any good. 

We’re no experts, but this doesn’t appear to be or do what it was intended to.