Thread: Dallas, TX, Red Traffic Light Cameras
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Old 22-03-2008, 18:37   #10
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Re: Dallas, TX, Red Traffic Light Cameras
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Originally Posted by foreverwar View Post
Funny how no one mentions this part of the article
"Citywide statistics obtained by NBC affiliate KXAS-TV found that red light cameras do reduce accidents. That is a good thing.
But they do it by reducing red light violations, by as much as 29 percent from month to month at particularly busy Dallas intersections"
I thought I had by implication. They are switching cameras off and removing them at junctions where violations have fallen by 29% and accidents have fallen. Why so they can ticket those 29% of drivers the original way and get revenues back up again.
So the article proves both sides of the arguement. 1. Cameras reduce accidents. 2. Cameras go hand in hand with revenue raising and if they reduce revenue then they are considered a hinderance not a benefit so the installation is more an automated way of raising revenue, not a life saving decision.
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