Tribune Reports Red Light Cameras Don't Always Reduce Crashes
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The Trib's Bob Secter and Erika Slife sifted through IDOT crash data for certain Chicago RLC intersections, compared them to city of Chicago crash data.
What they found was the city may be cooking the books on their crash reporting to show that Chicago's red light program is working, when in fact, at many of these intersections, accidents actually increased.
At best, according to the article, the accident reducing results the city has hung it's hat on in selling he public on red light cameras, is at best, inconclusive.
A seriously great piece of journalism.
Read their report, "Chicago's red-light cameras don't always deter accidents" and you can check out the raw crash data too.
Thanks to our friend Rajiv Shah at Smart Cameras Blog for the heads up.
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Steve Dale said:
Geek of the parking - as I once previously wrote...when I was first learning to drive. Light yellow, turning red. I hit the brakes. Car in back of me hits me. That car was ticketed. But in court, the judge let the guy off (he was insured and there were no serious injuries - but I did get what they once called whiplash). And the judge scolded me for stopping, and told me not to run light, but to use common sense. Well cameras don't see common sense.
After I got a ticket a few months back at one of the intersections with a camera - I told my wife...Ok, from now on - I hit the breaks. So far, no one has hit me - but it almost happened twice.
This is not about safety - it's about revenue...not a rocket scientist to figure that one out.
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