What else do Redlight cameras enforce?

Data at many redlight cameras shows an increase in rear end collisions as people who should go on through a yellow light slam on their brakes to make sure they don't get a ticket. An unsuspecting driver behind them is caught off guard and can't stop in time. These POIs allowl you to expect the unexpected.

Also, I'd estimate that 90% of people who turn right on red don't come to a full stop before turning. A police officer might think that slowing to 1/2 mph is close enough, but a machine might not.

according to what I have read there was a lot of red light runners (seen several myself), but the cameras were a deterrent, and now not that many are running them. Dallas is (according to the paper) disabling a little over a quarter of theirs. Speed Cameras? Red Light Cameras? Neither bother nor concern me. I don't do either. I do have a SD card with the RL cameras, and school zones, but I'm considering taking it out. The beep is more of a nuisance than being of help. I was just curious how they worked. Now I know.

Stats for my area reveal a 75% decrease in accidents.

Its also a great deterrent for speeders.
Usually the locals are the ones who know the lights in their areas. They will usually speed up for the yellow lights and a lot of times run the red light. Personally, now that I know about these lights, I actually now understand that yellow means caution and not to speed up.

So I guess it is the thrill of knowing that technology will enable us NOT to be outsmarted.

to add, Dallas is going to extend the length of the yellow light timing in some areas. That's a start to solving a problem.

I just read something this weekend and dang if my short term memory won't let me remember where I read it, but that studies showed that while rear end collisions at some of these red light camera locations were up 15% after installing the cameras, much more dangerous side impacts were down 25%.

I might have been somewhere in the Boston Globe, the Boston Globe Magazine insert, or the other trashy insert they put in on Sundays (they one that is like a mini National Inquirer that is put in a lot of Sunday newspapers across the country).

Just an FYI,
PT