Over the last several years San Jose has watched its traffic fatalities in the city increase exponentially. Now city officials are banking on a state bill to move those numbers downward. In an effort to lower fatalities, city leaders are supporting Assembly Bill 645, which would establish a pilot program for speed safety cameras in San...
I’m for it, in the high danger intersections.
I wouldn’t mind having automatic sound checks either…
I lived in Albuquerque when they put in their cameras and then were forced to remove them later. The main problem was that they lowered the yellow light duration at the intersections with cameras. Which ended up making the already dangerous intersections have even more accidents.
Then they added speed cameras that were reporting false positives. It turns out that that 80% of the fins went to the company managing the cameras and had a big incentive to create tickets.
When there was just a sign that shows your speed and the posted speeds, most drivers slow down. It all depends on how they work. A lot of the times cameras don’t really lower speeding, it just is another way for someone to leech off of public funds.
Just as a small counterpoint.
I lived in Albuquerque when they put in their cameras and then were forced to remove them later. The main problem was that they lowered the yellow light duration at the intersections with cameras. Which ended up making the already dangerous intersections have even more accidents.
Then they added speed cameras that were reporting false positives. It turns out that that 80% of the fins went to the company managing the cameras and had a big incentive to create tickets.
When there was just a sign that shows your speed and the posted speeds, most drivers slow down. It all depends on how they work. A lot of the times cameras don’t really lower speeding, it just is another way for someone to leech off of public funds.
It’s a very complicated issue.