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Red-light Cameras Increase Crashes, Florida Researchers Find
Science Daily ^ | 3-12-2008 | University of South Florida Health.

Posted on 03/12/2008 6:42:23 PM PDT by blam

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1 posted on 03/12/2008 6:42:26 PM PDT by blam
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Red-light Cameras Increase Crashes, Florida Researchers Find

So, it's the money that matters. It always is!

2 posted on 03/12/2008 6:43:21 PM PDT by unixfox (The 13th Amendment Abolished Slavery, The 16th Amendment Reinstated It !)
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Red-light Cameras Increase Revenues, Florida Researchers Find


3 posted on 03/12/2008 6:44:06 PM PDT by umgud
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Red-Light Cameras Increase Job Security for “Traffic Analysts,” Florida Researchers Find


4 posted on 03/12/2008 6:45:42 PM PDT by conservativeinferno (My SUV is the urban squirrel's worst predator.)
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Even I know that red-light cameras are about revenue enhancement, not public safety.

5 posted on 03/12/2008 6:46:57 PM PDT by coloradan (The US is becoming a banana republic, except without the bananas - or the republic.)
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Can we do anything without the gov in our face anymore?


6 posted on 03/12/2008 6:48:26 PM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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Red-light Cameras Increase Revenues, Florida Researchers legislators Find

There now! I'm sure that was just a typo, so I fixed it for you. LOL ;o)

7 posted on 03/12/2008 6:50:28 PM PDT by NRA2BFree ("The time is near at hand which must determine whether Americans are to be free men or slaves!")
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It's just about the money, alright. This study was rejected by Hillsborough County.

It'll probably be rejected by Pinellas Co too (where I live).

With no State Income tax, FLA has to create other ways of taxation ......... FRegards

8 posted on 03/12/2008 6:51:21 PM PDT by gonzo (Tag under construction ..........................................)
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Burn down the mission....


9 posted on 03/12/2008 6:51:39 PM PDT by JoeA (JoeA / The defintion of insantity is repeating an action and expecting a different result.)
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10 posted on 03/12/2008 6:51:47 PM PDT by Mike Darancette (Democrat Happens!)
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Away from the cities, red light and speeding cameras are better known as Targets of Opportunity for paintball throwers and pellet guns.


11 posted on 03/12/2008 6:55:53 PM PDT by Starwolf (I rode to work today, did you?)
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What do the communities that put them in care? They get more MONEY! Screw the people!


12 posted on 03/12/2008 6:59:45 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (G-d is not a Republican. But Satan is definitely a Democrat.)
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Red-light Cameras Increase Crashes

So what! They aren't there for traffic control. Their only purpose is to bring money in to the contractors with a little bit going into the political slush fund (city treasury). More accidents? Great for the lawyers who contribute to the greedy politicians.

13 posted on 03/12/2008 7:00:59 PM PDT by FreePaul
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After about six months of use, the city in which I live removed their cameras. Part of it was increasing citizen pressure and that fact that collisions increased, insurance rates for residents increased, and the city was threatened with a downgraded bond rating because of the cameras.


14 posted on 03/12/2008 7:02:10 PM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four fried chickens and a coke)
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---the timings at yellow lights are often set too short to increase tickets for red-light running--

I was wondering what the presence of a camera could possibly have to do with the frequency of crashes . . .

15 posted on 03/12/2008 7:03:58 PM PDT by smonk
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Florida is hardly a fair test of anything.


16 posted on 03/12/2008 7:46:40 PM PDT by muawiyah
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On public roads? You wanna’ drag?!


17 posted on 03/12/2008 7:47:18 PM PDT by muawiyah
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I was wondering what the presence of a camera could possibly have to do with the frequency of crashes . . .

If a motorist knows he can stop before an intersection, but has doubts about the car behind, should he proceed or not? It's safer to drive at speed into an intersection 0.1 second after the light goes red (and 1.9 before the opposing light goes green) than to be pushed into it some time later, even ignoring the damage to the rear bumper implied by the latter scenario.

The does remind me of something I've wondered, though: if a motorist enters an intersection after his light turns red, but before any opposing signal turns green, is the opposing signal delayed? If not, that would seem to constitute proof positive the installers of the systems are not interested in safety.

Incidentally, do any of those systems vary the fine based upon timing, presence of opposing traffic, or other such factors?

18 posted on 03/12/2008 7:53:21 PM PDT by supercat
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I don’t support red light cameras, but this actually surprises me. I would have thought crashes would be reduced.


19 posted on 03/12/2008 7:58:52 PM PDT by Pinkbell
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Yes. In order for these cameras to be any good, the law must be changed so that the owner of the vehicle is liable for the traffic violation regardless who the driver is. It’s a pretty easy argument to say this is a violation of our rights. All we have to do is start complaining and get a large enough group of people making enough noise.


20 posted on 03/12/2008 8:03:42 PM PDT by mamelukesabre (Quantum materiae materietur marmota monax si marmota monax materiam possit materiari?)
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