 Red light running led to 676 fatalities and an estimated 113,000 injuries in 2009 (Insurance Institute for Highway Safety). Intersection crashes account for more than 45 percent of all reported crashes and 21 percent of fatalities. In 2003, 9,213 Americans died as a result of intersection-related crashes – a rate of more than one an hour.
(National Automotive Sampling System General Estimates System (NASS-GES), Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS)) A Columbus, Ohio study found that the number of people running red lights at the city’s first two intersections with cameras dropped from 1,684 violators in March 2006 to 477 in August of 2006, a 71 percent decrease. (Ohio Post Dispatch, September 25, 2006) |
Ernie Knight, Plainfield, IL Chicago Tribune Letter to the Editor January 18,2010 |
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"[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.
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"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
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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.
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"We're looking at putting speed cameras in to effectively save lives and reducethe number of speeding offenses in these areas."Gary Leitzell, Mayor of Dayton, Ohio
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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
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"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
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"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.
