Thought I had more time!

Yea. Agreed.
Alot of north east cities have red light cameras. They had a new one in my old town and a guy petitioned them because the yellow was too quick, (apparently there's a standard amount of time required by the DOT). He was right and they waved his ticket. They extended the yellow light time as well.
The problem is they can definitely cause accidents. People lock up the brakes on yellow.
Another issue is that in some areas that are tight, emergency vehicles can't get through because nobody wants to slow roll a red light to let them pass.
It's a big problem since it's $ greed, a money maker for municipalities.
My ticket in NY was mailed from the Midwest somewhere, the company that reviews the video footage, and issues the fine, supposedly gets a big chunk of the fee.
Total BS