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Subscribe to this threadCharlotte NC speed cameras could unwittingly cost city $4.6 million
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Mike @ May 29th 2006 6:40PM
The city I live in, High Point, NC is the city in North Carolina where the suit was originally filed over a year ago. When the original suit was won, High Point turned off their cameras first. Greensboro, NC which is right beside High Point turned their cameras as well. Just recently an appellate court upheld the ruling.
http://www.news-record.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060516/NEWSREC0101/60516003/-1/NEWSRECRSSARKIVE
"Tuesday, May 16, 2006 - RALEIGH - Guilford County Schools should receive nearly all the proceeds from High Point's red-light camera program, the state Court of Appeals decided today in a ruling that could keep the cameras shuttered for good in the city.
The appellate court upheld a Guilford judge's ruling last year giving the schools 90 percent of the proceeds from the camera program.
It was not immediately clear whether High Point plans to appeal. Based on the ruling, High Point owes up to $1.5 million to the schools.
Greensboro city leaders have already agreed to pay the school system about $3 million from its red-light camera program if High Point's appeals failed.
The N.C. League of Municipalities has expressed concern that such a ruling could hamper the ability of cities across the state to protect public safety.
High Point and Greensboro stopped using red-light cameras in March 2005 pending the outcome of the appeal.
Tuesday's ruling will be appealed, High Point City Attorney Fred Baggett said."
The quote from The N.C. League of Municipalities expressing concern that such a ruling could hamper the ability of cities across the state to protect public safety is hogwash. Study after study has shown that the cameras actually cause an increase in accidents at the intersections. The increase in rear end accidents go up more than the decrease in number of t-bone accidents. There was a red-light camera near my house that I went through everyday and I got rear ended there because of the camera. There was an accident there at least once a week. Since the camera was turned off I haven't seen any accidents. This intersection was a bad choice for having a camera because it was at the bottom of a long hill which made stopping short more difficult than normal.