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Red-Light Camera Tickets More Costly


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People who run red lights and are caught on camera will pay $25 more per ticket under legislation passed by state lawmakers.

Fines for the violation will increase from $50 to $75. The increase is meant to help municipalities pay for the camera system while giving the majority of the proceeds from the fines to local school districts.

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"If people would pay more attention there wouldn't be any wrecks at the cameras at all :P"

Absolutely, correct. But there are some who would rather blame the camera than the Cellphone they were talking into or the paper they were reading, etc.

Too funny, I read the report (which included results from your study). You post a folksy car & driver article. I'll read data, you go ahead and read car and driver (lol, truly unbiased reporting with a solid scientific backgroud). Point is that many states have contradicting study data but the study I posted takes into account multiple factors for why studies are valid and not when comparing the overall effectiveness of cameras. And BTW, didn't your guy post an article against global warming?

I really hate red light cameras. But I'll just say that most rear end collisions (especially the ones the lights tend to cause) are a lot safer than T-bones or cross traffic collisions. And studies, IIRC, have shown that the cameras do prevent more of those types of wrecks.

If people would pay more attention there wouldn't be any wrecks at the cameras at all :P

A commentary on your cute, little spillover effect:

http://www.caranddriver.com/columns/2843/rear-end-crashes-go-up-after-red-light-cameras-go-in.html

And some more valid studies showing rear end collisions increase with the imposition of red light cameras:

2007 Virginia Study: http://www.thenewspaper.com/news/18/1844.asp

Or just go to Wikipedia. As usual, ignore the specific entry and use it for citations.

You're just flat our wrong -- again. And I simply don't have the patience with your tripe anymore to discuss your inanities further.

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