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  • "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
  • 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
Pedestrains and Pedal Cyclists: Innocent Victims of Reckless Driving
Nearly two-thirds of those killed in intersections crashes are not in the motor vehicle.  They are pedestrians, bicyclists and innocent bystanders. 
 
 - Every 2 hours, a pedestrian is KILLED in a traffic crash
 - Every 10 minutes, a pedestrian AND a pedal-cyclist is INJURED in a traffic crash
 - Every 2 days, a pedal-cyclist is KILLED in a traffic crash
Pedestrians in Danger
76,000 pedestrians have been killed while crossing or walking along a street in the last 15 years.  Nearly 4,000 of them have been children since 2001.
 
A January 2011 report done by The Governors Highway Safety Association reports the number of pedestrian fatalities increased during the first six months of 2010 while overall traffic fatalities dropped by 8 percent.
Pedal-Cyclist Statistics
There were 630 pedal-cyclist deaths and 51,000 injuries in motor vehicle crashes in 2009, representing two percent of all traffic fatalities.
 
The total economic impact of these deaths and injuries in the United States is more than $5 billion annually.
Children at Risk
There were a total of 4,654 pedestrian fatalities in 2007, in which the 14-and-younger age group accounted for 306 (7%) of those fatalities.  (Insurance Institute for Highway Safety)
 
American children sustain more than 39,000 non-fatal pedestrian injuries every year. (National Center for Health Statistics)
 
Almost one-fifth (18%) of the traffic fatalities in the 14-and-younger age group were pedestrians. (NHTSA)
Just the Numbers
24% of all pedestrian deaths in 2009 occurred in intersections.
 
33% of all pedal-cyclist deaths occurred in intersections, an increase from 2008.
 


"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
"Red light camera fight distinguishes AG candidates"
Daily Herald, 13 Oct 2010