Government is right in the middle of this. The city of Baltimore issued a speeding citation to a driver who was not moving after the camera evidence went past two city reviewers: http://news.cnet.com/8301-17852_3-57559105-71/speed-camera-g...

Less motivation for it, IMO.

I think government malaise and/or regulation vs privatisation is a real balancing act. Companies motivated by profit and using some of that to lobby for less regulation or whatever can lead to real trouble.

A privatised prison system lobbying for harsher sentences, or against legalisation of marijuana can get ugly fast. In the case of speeding cameras, deterrence as an ideal works very much against the profit motives of privatised providers.