Red light cameras? Yet another tax on life in EP. Some facts on the cameras: The company that supplies them ends up with more than half of the revenue (usually).
The yellow light interval is often times manipulated (shortened) to increase revenue and really screw the drivers.
While side impact crashes go down, rear end collisions increase, due to the fact that more people will not challenge a shortened yellow light. Studies have shown that the best way to reduce accidents at intersections is to actually INCREASE the yellow light interval, and to make sure the lights are set up so that before the green light, all sides are at red before the change to green on one side.
I don't want to see ANYONE running a red light, but is the situation so bad in this city that we need the cameras? I don't think it is. So why the interest in cameras? Again, a tax increase on life in EP.
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