CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- The City of Charlotte is considering bringing back the controversial red light camera program.

“It wasn't successful,” said (R) Charlotte City Councilor Ed Driggs. “I think we should revisit them, take another look at them,” said (R) Charlotte City Councilor Greg Phipps.

Charlotte isn't the first city to get rid of the cameras and consider bringing them back.

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“We use it as an opportunity to reinforce the severity of red light running accidents,” said Fayetteville City Traffic Engineer Lee Jernigan.

Fayetteville got rid of their cameras after funding issues, but brought them back in 2015 when legislation allowed them to raise citation prices.

Over a two and a half years, 50,000 citations were given out. The citations raised a lot of money for the school district. According to Jernigan, 93 percent of the violators didn't get a second ticket.

“We see that as a measure of success that we are educating our violators,” Jernigan said.

The goal of the program is safety and those results aren’t so clear.

“The crashes were relatively the same,” Jernigan said. “We didn't see a dramatic decline.”

Spectrum News also reached out to Wilmington, which added cameras close to two decades ago, and Raleigh which added cameras in 2003.

A city official from Wilmington said there's been a double digit decline in crashes and in the past two years citations have brought in roughly $900,000.

In Raleigh, citations have earned nearly a million dollars for the school district.

Safety results are mixed. While T-bone crashes were down 52 percent, rear end crashes, which are usually less severe, were up 32 percent.

Overall, Jernigan said the cameras have raised awareness of red lights runners and he provided a recommendation if Charlotte decides to bring them back.

“I would suggest to be totally forward facing on the design of their program and implement with the intent to improve the safety of your community,” Jernigan said.

Charlotte City Manager Marcus Jones is expected to present his report on red light cameras to city council this month.