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Tommy @ May 29th 2006 10:35PM
I'm glad to see this ruling, and the after effects, i.e. turning off the cameras. I don't like the idea of traffic enforcement by camera, and to outsource it under a lucrative contract for the vendor is obscene.
To Ian, multiple studies have shown that red light cameras cause accidents. The problem is that people generally don't engage in a panic stop when the light is changing. If you are already committed to going, just because it changes to yellow you don't normally slam on the brakes. But in cities where the statistics have been compiled, after installing the cameras, people who would otherwise have smoothly driven on through the yellow lights are slamming on the brakes and being rear ended. These cases in Charlotte and High Point are a pretty clear indication that the cities aren't installing the cameras to increase public saftey...but to raise money.