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  • It's only ok until someone runs a red light and one of your family members gets killed or maimed... It's not about making money, it's about making people stop for red lights."
    -Gary Warman, Police Chief, Humble, Texas
  • "It frees up officers to engage in other kinds of public safety efforts because that critical traffic enforcement need is being met more efficiently through technology."
    John McGinnis, Sheriff, Sacramento County, Cali.
  • "The [Baker Police Department's] number one goal is safety, the second goal was and still is correcting driver behavior; thirdly, its a force multiplier."
    Chief Mike Knaps, Baker, Louisiana 
  • "[The] camera is doing its job, and people are stopping and making the intersection safer, especially for pedestrians that cross at this location." 
    Jay Dalicandro, Village Manager, Elmwood Park, Ill.

  • "Red light running isn't a sport, and people who think traffic lights are only for suckers are the reason we need the cameras."  -David Morris, New Orleans

  • "The entire point behind this is to change the behavior of those people going through the intersections so they wont run a red light, so they won't get hurt and so that their vehicles will not be damaged."  Mary Jacobs, Asst. City Manager, Sierra Vista, Ariz.
  • "We're looking at putting speed cameras in to effectively save lives and reduce
    the number of speeding offenses in these areas." 
    Gary Leitzell, Mayor of Dayton, Ohio


Snapshot: Illinois Crashes in 2009
911 Fatalities
89,090 Injuries
111 Pedestrian Fatalities
20 Pedalcycle Fatalities
 
For more statistics on Illinois traffic fatalities, visit the Illinois Department of Transportation by clicking here.
Lisa Madigan on Traffic Safety Cameras

"I think they prevent people from going through red lights, which everyone recognizes has become epidemic.  I know there's a lot of discussion about the cameras but to the extent they prevent people from being killed at intersections, I like red light cameras."

Lisa Madigan, Illinois Attorney General
October 23, 2010
Daily Herald
Safety Cameras: Saving Lives in Illinois
In Naperville, traffic safety cameras have led to:
33% Reduction in injury crashes
 
75% Reduction in angle/turning crashes
 
19% Reduction in total crashes
 
8% Reduction in rear-end crashes 
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In Chicago, traffic safety cameras led to:
32% Reduction in fatal red light running crashes
 
4% Reduction in fatal crashes at red light intersections across the city
 
 
Illinois Partners
 
Editorial: Red-Emption
The Chicago Tribune editorial, "Red-emption" reminds drivers who oppose traffic safety cameras that traffic safety cameras are in place to enforce the law.
Click here to read the editorial.