Peoria Red Light Cameras Increase Accidents More than 100%

Peoria Accident Rate:

On January 31, 2008, the city council authorized an Australian company, Redflex Traffic Systems, to issue automated traffic violations at four city intersections.

Before and after comparison of two year's worth of accident data -- from July 2007 to June 2008 compared to July 2008 to June 2009:

At 91st Avenue and Bell road, accidents increased 100 percent, including a 120 percent jump in rear end and "stopped for red light" collisions, in the year after red light cameras were installed.

At 75th Avenue and Thunderbird Road, accidents increased 480 percent. The number of right-angle and head-on collisions increased from 4 to 20, while rear-end collisions also jumped 400 percent.

At 83rd Avenue and Union Hills, where only left turns are monitored by cameras, accidents increased just 11 percent.

At 83rd Avenue and Thunderbird Road, accidents increased 29 percent; including a 300 percent jump in rear-ends collisions.

Taken together, accidents increased a total of 103 percent at all four intersections. The city council was made aware of the increase in accidents by the police department at six months and a year after the program began, but continued the program anyways. http://thenewspaper.com/news/28/2887.asp


RED LINES

FHWA's Acting Director of Transportation Operations, Paul Pisano:

"The Manual on Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD) does not contain any provisions for the use of transverse lines to indicate the legal limits of an intersection for red light violation purposes," Pisano wrote. "The reason is that, under the provisions of the Uniform Vehicle Code, which is the basis of the motor vehicle laws of most states, the stop line, or crosswalk if there is no stop line, defines the point beyond which a red light violation has occurred."

Federal law regulates the use of traffic signs and markings on all roads to ensure consistency in the driving experience from one end of the country to the other. Signs and markings must adhere to standards set by the MUTCD governing size, color, placement and even the choice of font. FHWA found that unapproved markings could create a safety hazard, especially the use of the word "WAIT" before the violation line at Oracle Road and River Road (see red light camera ticket photo, and overhead diagram with the violation line highlighted in red).

"It is unlikely that drivers from other states who encounter these markings in Arizona would understand their meaning or intent," Pisano wrote.

http://thenewspaper.com/news/29/2990.asp

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[BanPhotoRadar]

Finally Peoria city council is removing the cameras after three years of incresing accidents with their money making photo enforcement cameras.

[jeff4justice]

Down with red light cameras! Please look up my video: Red Light Cameras Engulf Ventura, CA

[trade350]

I SLAM on my brakes when I see a yellow light now. I be collectin'

[justanumba]

Wow, you mean the cameras didn't stop people from being dumb? Then they must just be there just to generate revenue for the Cities. Now I get it!

[elfwall]

So because people have become so used to running the red... that we should just allow them to continue doing it?

Chances are the police aren't interested in the safety either. Just annoyed with the increase in paperwork that they have to deal with due to the accidents.

[batcave1230]

@jppittsburghsteelers hahahahahahaha