SUGAR CREEK, Mo. -- Red-light cameras are coming to Kansas City, but one product claims to beat them.

Next year, about 50 cameras will be set up at intersections around the city to photograph the license plates of those who run red lights. A police officer will review the images and decide whether to issue a ticket to the registered driver.

Currently, the only functioning red-light camera in the metro area is at Highway 291 and Courtney Road in Sugar Creek.

Sugar Creek Police Chief Herb Soule said the red-light camera has "worked very well" at the busy intersection.

"An awful lot of truck traffic. There are about four major companies in the area," he said.

KMBC's Kris Ketz reported that it was the trucking companies who lobbied for the cameras. There have been no serious crashes at the intersection, and the companies said they want to keep it that way.

Drivers who run a red light in Sugar Creek could face an $85 ticket -- $22 of it goes to the court, the rest is split between the city and the company supplying the camera system.

One month before the red-light camera was running, police counted more than 600 violations, which would mean $19,000 for the city.

"A person gets two or three of those $85 invitations to court, they're going to figure out it's smarter to stop at the light," Soule said.

With the help of the Sugar Creek police chief, Ketz tested PhotoBlocker Spray, which claims to create a high-powered gloss that reflects the flash from traffic cameras so a license plate can't be read by a camera.

"If there is a product that claims it'll do it, let's find out," Soule said.

For safety reasons, officers briefly stopped traffic on Highway 291 so Soule could drive a car treated with PhotoBlocker through a red light in front of the camera. On a cloudy day, Soule ran the red light from both the northbound and southbound lanes.

When Ketz and Soule looked at the images, the license plate they tried to hide with PhotoBlocker was clearly visible.

They decided to try it again on a sunny day to see if that would affect it. Traffic was again briefly stopped on Highway 291 in both directions.

Ketz reported that PhotoBlocker still didn't work and that the images from the red-light camera clearly showed the license plate number.

A company representative told KMBC that police were lying about the test results and that PhotoBlocker has worked in cities across the country.