Thursday, March 17, 2011

Fair or unfair: more cameras, more safety, more traffic tickets!

The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety's report - http://www.iihs.org/research/topics/pdf/r1151.pdf - finds red light cameras cut fatal crashes, but do not eliminate them. Basically the fuzzy logic used in the report implies that red-light cameras are helping certain drivers remember that red means stop. But whether you remember or not, you will get a ticket in the mail or, in some cases, by a police officer assigned (unluckily for you) to your location.

Continue reading on Examiner.com: Fair or unfair: more cameras, more safety, more traffic tickets! - Washington DC Urban Technology | Examiner.com

Resources
Public Safety-Law Enforcement Technology: 19-20 April 1995, Orlando, Florida (Proceedings of Spie--the International Society for Optical Engineering, V. 2497.)


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