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> Doral killed its red light camera program last year, after officials noted that accidents greatly increased at intersections where the cameras operated. This
by gleenn 2y ago
> Doral killed its red light camera program last year, after officials noted that accidents greatly increased at intersections where the cameras operated.
This is crazy, I'm glad they are being required to open up more statistics on these because unpredicted externalities definitely make this go from a seemingly mildly unethical government behavior to a public safety issue. Cities trading revenue for safety seems extremely perilous.
- hysan 2y agoIf it’s anything like where I used to live in NY, the instantiation of red light cameras were soon followed by much shorter green-yellow-red light timings. I wouldn’t be surprised if once the data is opened up, a correlation was to be found there.
- LeafItAlone 2y agoI have often heard that total accidents go up. But major accidents go down. They are replaced with and surpassed by minor accidents. If that is indeed true, what’s the needed replacement ratio to make it worth it?