Red-light cameras make roads safer. They also make some motorists mad -- especially those who think they have been issued tickets unfairly.

We remain strong backers of red-light cameras. Studies have shown they reduce accidents and save lives. At the same time, we recognize the need for logic, consistency and fairness in their use.

After years of appeals from road-safety advocates, the Florida Legislature belatedly passed a law in 2010 giving the state’s blessing for local governments to use cameras to catch red-light runners. Courts have swatted aside the bogus argument that red-light cameras invade motorists’ privacy.

But other complaints about the cameras, such as uneven enforcement of rules for turning right on red, or tickets for trivial offenses like stopping just over the white line, can’t be so easily dismissed. Such flaws reinforce the conspiracy theory that cameras are just a way to ticket motorists to give politicians more money to spend.

So we support proposals, now under consideration in the Senate, that would improve the law by addressing its shortcomings -- standardizing the right-on-red rules, for example, or making it clearer that motorists can challenge their tickets.

The responsible way to deal with the law on cameras is to fix it -- not nix it.