Red Light Cameras Backed by Florida League of Cities
The organization said that red light cameras are helping local governments stretch resources in the midst of budget cuts and unfunded mandates.
The Florida League of Cities is giving a green light to red light camera traffic enforcement. But the group also said in a Jan. 4 statement that it understands that some Florida cities yield to concerns about the technology. The group pointed to a statewide report that showed crashes decreasing at intersections with red light cameras. According to the report by the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, 56 percent of communities surveyed noticed a total reduction in crashes at intersections with red light cameras. The numbers: In total, 73 agencies responded to the survey and included information between July 1, 2011 and June 30, 2012. View the entire report on our article, "Red Light Cameras Reducing Crashes in Florida…
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Jim
3:06 pm on Wednesday, January 9, 2013
I think it would be interesting if someone would look at the zipcodes of the people who get the tickets for more than 1/2 sec late and the zipcodes of those who cause accidents - and how late they were. My guess is that both groups are primarily visitors to town, who don't even know the camera is there. (On July 22, 2012 the mayor of Hallandale, Florida disclosed that 78% of the tickets there go … more ›