Southern California Cities Further Reject Red Light Cameras
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Embattled red light camera vendor Redflex Traffic Systems has lost another contract. The Escondido, California city council voted unanimously Wednesday to allow the Australian company's right to issue near $500 tickets expire on December 12, and ticketing will cease even sooner.
Redflex began issuing tickets in 2004 through the program that now monitors seven intersections. According to city data, five intersections saw a reduction in "red light running" collisions, a measurement that does not count rear end accidents. Three of these intersections had yellow times increased after camera installation, affecting the result. Excluding those locations, two camera-enforced intersections saw accidents go down and two saw them go up. During the same period, overall city accidents dropped 30 percent.
"Staff's analysis is the data on accident rates is inconclusive," Escondido Assistant Director of Public Works Julie Procopio said. "We didn't find any difference between photo enforced intersections and citywide. You're just as likely to be injured at a photo enforced intersection as you are citywide. So we didn't find anything to demonstrate that severity had been reduced."
The majority of Escondido's Transportation and Community Safety Commission recommended removal on August 8.
Another nice thing about Reflex
Not only the $500 tickets, but also a lot of that $500 leaves the Country. Kali can use all the money it gets, sending it to OZ World really helps their economy
NJ Investigation
Heard that New Jersey has an investigation on the illegal practice of shortening yellow light time to bring in more income.
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Good!
The Escondido kudos!
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