2 less missouri Red light cameras

 

WASHINGTON, Mo. (AP) -- The city council in the eastern Missouri town of Washington is pulling the plug on red-light cameras.

The Washington Missourian reports that the council voted Monday to stop using cameras at two major intersections, in large part because the number of accidents was not significantly reduced.

A report showed 101 crashes at the intersection of Highway 100 and Route 47 in the three-year period since red-light cameras were installed -- 13 fewer than the previous three years. The number of injury accidents dropped from 15 to 13, but the total number of injuries in crashes actually increased by 11, from 21 to 32.

At the Route A/Highway 100 intersection, there were 51 crashes, down by four, though injuries dropped from 20 to nine.

Ding dong the witch is dead!

That's what I find myself humming every time I hear about another RLC biting the dust.

Wonder what significant would be?

struemper wrote:

The Washington Missourian reports that the council voted Monday to stop using cameras at two major intersections, in large part because the number of accidents was not significantly reduced.

A report showed 101 crashes at the intersection of Highway 100 and Route 47 in the three-year period since red-light cameras were installed -- 13 fewer than the previous three years. The number of injury accidents dropped from 15 to 13, but the total number of injuries in crashes actually increased by 11, from 21 to 32.

At the Route A/Highway 100 intersection, there were 51 crashes, down by four, though injuries dropped from 20 to nine.

Close to 10% reduction would seem good to me. What other reasons were stated in the article? Or, better yet, can you provide a link?

2 less missouri Red light cameras

jgermann wrote:
struemper wrote:

The Washington Missourian reports that the council voted Monday to stop using cameras at two major intersections, in large part because the number of accidents was not significantly reduced.

A report showed 101 crashes at the intersection of Highway 100 and Route 47 in the three-year period since red-light cameras were installed -- 13 fewer than the previous three years. The number of injury accidents dropped from 15 to 13, but the total number of injuries in crashes actually increased by 11, from 21 to 32.

At the Route A/Highway 100 intersection, there were 51 crashes, down by four, though injuries dropped from 20 to nine.

Close to 10% reduction would seem good to me. What other reasons were stated in the article? Or, better yet, can you provide a link?

http://kmox.cbslocal.com/2011/01/05/missouri-town-drops-red-...

these cameras were removed

these cameras were removed this week

If the city isn't interested in $$$ none would be around.

Obviously smart elected officials who studied the issue and found they do virtually no good and are merely a profit center for the city/county and in all probabilty lose sales tax money for the area they're in because people get nailed and never come back and tell other to do the same. If the problem is that bad a walking, talking cop can do the same thing.

270 in St Louis

struemper wrote:

these cameras were removed this week

How do you find the "variable" speed sections in St Louis? Do they really work?

Daniel

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Well that's some good news!

Well that's some good news!

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variable speed limits

I don't think they work that well. There was an article in the newspaper last week about them.

http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/metro/article_22c94ad5-a6...

Good News -

That's good news. I wonder how many other cities and towns would find, statistically, the cameras don't prevent that many accidents.

They're only good for the revenue. Shame on them for doing the money hungry things so they can spend more of the taxpayers money.

Did we read the same article?

trigon wrote:

That's good news. I wonder how many other cities and towns would find, statistically, the cameras don't prevent that many accidents.

Your comment implies that cameras don't prevent many accidents. Yet, in the article linked above, the following apprears:

"One bright spot: The number of crashes on I-270 and I-255 dropped following the installation of the variable speed signs in April 2008.

Based on the results, the state was left with the options of either dismantling the variable speed limit program or improving it, said Tom Blair, a MoDOT assistant district engineer in St. Louis. That is how the state arrived at the variable advisory speed limits.

"Since installation of variable speed limits in 2008, I-270 has the lowest crash rate of all St. Louis interstates, and some congestion has been reduced," Blair said."

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I've never heard of variable speed signs before. That's very interesting.