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I personally feel that driver assistance systems (unrelated to red lights) provide a substantial increase in driver safety over revenue generating traffic camer

by xfitm3 7y ago

I personally feel that driver assistance systems (unrelated to red lights) provide a substantial increase in driver safety over revenue generating traffic camera systems. Red light cameras increase accidents[0], and currently only serve to generate revenue. Redflex[1] is a notorious offender whose CEO is actually serving time[2] for his company's malfeasance. Excerpt from the executive summary of [0]: "The results do not support the view that red-light cameras reduce crashes. Instead, we find that RLCs are associated with higher levels of many types and severity categories of crashes." [0] https://www.researchgate.net/publication/253044721_A_detailed_investigation_of_crash_risk_reduction_resulting_from_red_light_cameras_in_small_urban_areas https://www.researchgate.net/publication/253044721_A_detaile... [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redflex_Holdings#Bribery_investigations https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redflex_Holdings#Bribery_inves... [2] https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndil/pr/former-redflex-ceo-sentenced-30-months-corruption-awarding-chicago-s-red-light-camera https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndil/pr/former-redflex-ceo-sent...

camjohnson26 7y ago
I’ve gotten 3 red light camera tickets in Chicago and each of them was for a no turn on red that I didn’t see, where both streets had long unobstructed views of oncoming traffic and similar roads nearby allowed turn on red. The video recorded showed that it was raining, obviously late at night, and with no other cars in the shot for the duration of the video. Also my speed was at most 5 mph and I came to a full stop. Those cameras do nothing to promote safety and are nothing but a hidden tax on drivers.
- Gibbon1 7y ago
  I spend probably 30 years thinking off and on how to remove the moral hazard of government using bogus fines to raise revenue. I basically have it; fines have to be paid to the social security administration and booked against their account as a contribution.
  - xfitm3 7y ago
    I like it. Aka remove local incentives for corruption.

by xfitm3 7y ago

camjohnson26 7y ago

I’ve gotten 3 red light camera tickets in Chicago and each of them was for a no turn on red that I didn’t see, where both streets had long unobstructed views of oncoming traffic and similar roads nearby allowed turn on red. The video recorded showed that it was raining, obviously late at night, and with no other cars in the shot for the duration of the video. Also my speed was at most 5 mph and I came to a full stop. Those cameras do nothing to promote safety and are nothing but a hidden tax on drivers.

Gibbon1 7y ago
I spend probably 30 years thinking off and on how to remove the moral hazard of government using bogus fines to raise revenue. I basically have it; fines have to be paid to the social security administration and booked against their account as a contribution.
- xfitm3 7y ago
  I like it. Aka remove local incentives for corruption.