City Banks On Red-Light Camera Fines

By Amy Mikel in News on Jul 23, 2008 5:45PM

The city expects to collect more than $50 million in fines this year from red-light violations caught on camera. The number of cameras being installed to bust drivers is growing, with 104 functional cameras already at intersections throughout the city and plans to install 25 more by the end of the year. Contrary to published reports [PDF] that show intersection surveillance may actually increase crashes and injuries, the city is claiming that accidents have decreased by 30 percent in intersections with cameras, and that the number of drivers who are actually running red lights is down by 60 percent. City numbers also show that pedestrian injuries, often resulting from drivers making illegal right turns on red, have declined as well.

For information on which intersections are camera-enforced, view a google map here, or a listing of intersections here. [S-T]

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