[Moose4]

I’m surprised that rear-end accidents would go down with those cameras are put in. I figured that serious T-bones would decrease, but rear-end fender-benders would go up because of people slamming on their brakes.

}:-)4

[Army Air Corps]

If the city generated the report, then you know it was fudged in favour of the revenue cameras.

[BlabItGrabIt]

"I’m surprised that rear-end accidents would go down with those cameras are put in. I figured that serious T-bones would decrease, but rear-end fender-benders would go up because of people slamming on their brakes. }:-)4"

Got some oceanfront propery in Arizona to sell.

[ImJustAnotherOkie]

I’d bet people know now they’ll have to stop. So slow down when approaching the intersection on stale greens.

[jim_trent]

That is what most studies show. This is too short a time to draw any kind of firm conclusions.

The thing about it is that by decreasing T-bones, they also decrease deaths. That is what this is being sold as — a safety device (but I am sure the politicians like the money, too).

[xcullen]

The nanny state always give you this bargain - less of you will be in danger but you will have to give up some freedom. If we had police monitoring cameras at every street corner crime would certainly drop but I would rather take my chances unobserved.

[VOA]

I’m surprised that rear-end accidents would go down with those cameras
are put in.

Actually, you'd think the rear-end accidents would RISE as drivers
would now attempt to actually NOT go through "judgement call"
yellows-going-to-red.
I've not seen any figures, but wouldn't be suprised if that didn't
happen for a month or so after the cameras went in.

But, from what I saw in Los Angeles over the years before, during and
after introduction of traffic cameras at certain intersections
on the west-side of LA...
people soon learned that other drivers would actually try NOT to
slide through on a yellow-going-to-red.
I think a new, unspoken caution/paranoia got drivers to assume that
that person in front of them would most likely not try to blast
on through the intersection with a yellow-going-red, like the
good-old "pre-camera" days.

Hence, via caution/paranoia, people REALLY strived to avoid
sliding into the rear-end of cars at intersections.