Traffic Cameras Rife With Bogus Violations, Audit Shows

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7. Philadepahia has had little problems with their red light cameras

Now, one of the reasons may be that Philadelphia being in Pennsylvania can NOT use Radar to determine the speed people are going (Radar is reserved to the State Police only in Pennsylvania). Thus the only tickets were people running red lights not speeding.

One side affect was right after the cameras were installed you saw an increase in accidents in such intersections, but a drop in fatalities. The increase in accidents has since dropped, but the drop in fatalities has continued to drop.

They cite studies such as one by the Pennsylvania State Transportation Advisory Committee, which found a 66 percent reduction in deaths and a 24 percent drop in injuries at Philadelphia intersections with red-light cameras in operation for at least three years

http://articles.philly.com/2013-10-30/news/43497911_1_red-light-cameras-25-intersections-philadelphia-intersections

A 2011 IIHS study of large cities with longstanding red light cameras found that cameras reduced the fatal red light running crash rate by 24 percent and the rate of all types of fatal crashes at signalized intersections by 17 percent.

http://www.iihs.org/iihs/news/desktopnews/study-provides-more-evidence-that-cameras-reduce-red-light-running-decrease-is-biggest-for-most-dangerous-violations-well-into-red-cycle

http://www.iihs.org/iihs/news/desktopnews/study-provides-more-evidence-that-cameras-reduce-red-light-running-decrease-is-biggest-for-most-dangerous-violations-well-into-red-cycle

http://www.iihs.org/externaldata/srdata/docs/sr4601.pdf

http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/tag/red-light-camera/

http://www.photoenforced.com/philadelphia.html#.UuscKj1dU7k