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Stop the Plan to Impose Speed Cameras on California

For more info on speed cameras, visit the National Motorists Association.

Information about Red Light Cameras

Two very good reports from KNBC TV’s Ted Chen on our efforts to end the
red-light camera program. These reports originally aired on June 7, 2011, the
day the Police Commission voted unanimously to end the program.




Missouri Department of Transportation lengthens yellow signal times and
violations plummet.



You are getting ripped off by red-light cameras. Even if you never get a
red-light camera ticket, you are getting ripped off. If you drive on the streets
of a city that uses red light cameras, you are less safe than you could be
otherwise. Red-Light Programs are a waste of taxpayer dollars and reduce safety
for motorists and pedestrians. Here’s why:

The FACTS

1. Engineering countermeasures are a much more effective and economical solution
to reduce red-light related collisions.

 * Most red light running is unintentional and caused by yellow light times that
   are too short or other engineering deficiencies.
 * Yellow times in California are currently based on the posted speed limit but
   should be based on the actual speed of traffic approaching the intersection.
   Lengthening the yellow signal to the proper time will reduce violations and
   collisions as much as 50% or more.
 * Lengthening the all-red phase prevents accidents by making sure the
   intersection is clear before cross traffic is released. Some major
   intersections have all-red times less than ½ second, and need to be closer to
   2 – 2.5 seconds.
 * The most severe accidents are caused by impairment, distraction and fatigue
   which the red-light cameras can’t prevent.
 * If the city improved the signal timing and fixed any other engineering
   deficiencies, accidents and violations would drop and there would be no need
   for photo enforcement. They are spending your money and giving out millions
   of tickets for no reason.

2. The cameras have not improved safety and may have made us less safe.

 * Contrary to LAPD claims, any improvement in accident statistics is a result
   of State mandated longer yellow times being implemented when the cameras were
   installed or a decrease in traffic volume.
 * At some intersections, red light related accidents disappeared long before
   the cameras were put in, but the LAPD claims the cameras caused the reduction
   in accidents.
 * Red-light cameras can’t reduce the most serious accidents because those are
   caused by impairment, distraction and fatigue and occur well after the light
   has turned red. Red-light cameras, if they have any effect at all, only have
   the possibility of affecting the relatively few drivers who try to “beat the
   light” and misjudge by a few tenths of a second. In these situations, a
   sufficient all-red phase will prevent collisions from occurring.
 * Rear end accidents have increased substantially at some intersections. At
   Sherman Way and Louise Ave. in Los Angeles, rear end collisions increased by
   as much as 90% after the cameras were installed.

3. Most Red Light Camera Programs are subsidized by giving out tens of thousands
of citations for rolling right turns which rarely cause accidents.

 * At some intersection approaches rolling-right-turn tickets make up as much as
   97% of the citations.
 * Rolling right turns pose little danger and don’t warrant spending millions of
   dollars to prevent this behavior. The average number of rolling-right-turn
   collisions each year was 45 out of an average of approximately 56,000
   collisions annually in the City of L.A., which represents just 0.079% of all
   accidents. About three times as many accidents are caused each year by
   drivers opening their car door into passing traffic.
 * The majority of rolling-right-turn collisions result in minimal or no
   injuries, even when pedestrians or bicyclists are involved. There were no
   fatalities noted due to rolling-right-turns in the City of Los Angeles
   between 2002 and 2009.
 * The chance that a rolling-right-turn will result in a collision is 0.00029%.
   This means that a driver would have to make over 345,345 rolling-right-turns
   before they might be involved in an accident. Drivers who make slow, cautious
   rolling-right-turns will likely never cause an accident.

5. The cost of the red-light cameras goes far beyond the millions of taxpayer
dollars wasted every year.

 * The millions of dollars spent in unnecessary fines and higher insurance rates
   are unavailable to be spent on local goods and services to grow our economy.
   If you own a business, your customers have less money to spend because of
   red-light camera programs.
 * Needless ticketing clogs our courts and makes our justice system less
   available for necessary cases. The Los Angeles Superior Court, is facing a
   backlog of almost a full year.
 * Unreasonable and unfair enforcement of traffic laws engenders disrespect
   towards our public officials and the police. Citizens are much more likely to
   see law enforcement as an adversary rather than an ally which makes it more
   difficult for the police to obtain the public’s help with more serious crimes
   and safety matters.

At a time when cities are slashing essential government services and laying off
workers, Photo Red-Light Programs are an inexcusable waste of city and law
enforcement resources.



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RADIO INTERVIEWS


WE DISCUSS THE UNANIMOUS VOTE OF THE LA CITY COUNCIL TO END THE RED LIGHT CAMERA
PROGRAM ON THE PETER TILDEN SHOW KABC 790

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THE DAY OF THE BIG WIN - INTERVIEW ON DOUG MCINTYRE'S RED EYE RADIO SHOW 790
KABC

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THE DAY OF THE UNANIMOUS VOTE OF THE LA POLICE COMMISSION TO END THE RED LIGHT
CAMERA PROGRAM - INTERVIEW ON DOUG MCINTYRE'S RED EYE RADIO SHOW 790 KABC

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INTERVIEW ON THE JOHN & KEN SHOW KFI 640

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INTERVIEW ON DOUG MCINTYRE'S RED EYE RADIO SHOW ON ABC

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