Latest Red light camera Stories

WASHINGTON, May 15, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Recent media attention surrounding yellow light timing in Florida has prompted the National Coalition for Safer Roads (NCSR) to address common red-light safety camera myths in response. Fallacies regarding shortened yellow light duration and rear-end crash increases are often cited in reference to red-light safety cameras without proper investigation of their validity. Myth #1: "Yellow light timing is shortened to increase...

Video features city commissioners, elected officials and a traffic safety expert PHILADELPHIA, March 12, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Since 2005 when the PA General Assembly authorized the Philadelphia Parking Authority (PPA) to establish a Red Light Camera Program in the city of Philadelphia, the PPA has equipped 24 intersections (over 100 cameras) throughout the city with cameras that monitor traffic and automatically photograph vehicles that drive into an intersection after the light has...

WASHINGTON, Feb, 19, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- As transportation research studies continue to provide mounting evidence of the success of red-light safety camera programs, the opposition becomes more vocal in shifting the focus away from the most important benefit of this technology -- safety. The National Coalition for Safer Roads (NCSR) stands with police departments, traffic officials, road safety advocates and other partner organizations in an effort to focus on the...

ARLINGTON, Va., Jan. 24, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In the latest study confirming the benefits of red light cameras, researchers at the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) found that red light running rates declined at Arlington, Va., intersections equipped with cameras. The decreases were particularly large for the most dangerous violations, those happening 1 1/2 seconds or longer after the light turned red. "This study provides fresh evidence that automated...

HANOVER, Md., Jan. 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Brekford Corp. (OTCBB, OTCQB: "BFDI")("Brekford" or "the Company"), a leading provider of public safety technology and automated traffic enforcement solutions, vehicle upfitting, and rugged mobile technology, today announced that it became the official vendor for Baltimore's Automated Traffic Violation Enforcement System ("ATVES") effective January 1, 2013, in accordance with the terms of its contract with the City of Baltimore. The...

56 Percent of Communities Experienced Reduction in Crashes at Camera Intersections WASHINGTON, Jan. 4, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Communities across Florida are seeing a decrease in traffic collisions at red-light safety camera intersections, according to a new report issued by the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (DHSMV). The report reveals the enhancement to traffic safety that camera technology provides. Counties and municipalities in Florida who use...

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., May 22, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Traffic fatalities in Kansas City, Mo., are at zero and dangerous collisions are down significantly at the 17 intersections equipped with red-light cameras from American Traffic Solutions, a new Police Department analysis shows. The report on camera effectiveness found red-light running crashes decreased 65% in the first year with cameras in use and 54% in the second year, providing new evidence in support of the positive change...

WASHINGTON, May 9, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The National Coalition for Safer Roads (NCSR) commends a Florida television station for getting directly involved in the discussion on red-light safety cameras by collecting hard evidence from their local area intersections and traffic accident reports. What they discovered in their research is getting some well-deserved attention. The news report from WFTV in Orlando debunks two popular red-light camera myths. Through their...

SafeIntersections.com and new video call for expanded use of intersection safety cameras in the state CHICAGO, April 19, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Traffic Safety Coalition (TSC), a not-for-profit, grassroots organization working to make roads safer for drivers, passengers, and pedestrians, has launched www.SafeIntersections.com, a new safety campaign in Pennsylvania to engage Pennsylvania citizens and direct them to sign a letter to state legislators expressing support for...

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Nov. 8, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Red-light safety cameras are continuing to save lives and increase road safety throughout Florida. Recent results from the City of Pembroke Pines and the City of Miami Gardens police departments show considerable decreases in crashes at intersections with safety cameras. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110531/LA09034LOGO) Since the inception of the red-light safety camera program, Miami Gardens crashes have been reduced by 83%...