Smile, chief wants red-light runners, speeders, caught on camera

Running a red light and speeding could cost Colorado Springs motorists a ticket in the future even if a cop isn't around to catch them in the act.

[Banphotoradar]

The corruption involved with these cameras is unbelievable.

15 reasons to oppose photo radar

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[Pryor]

Good post Ban. All this is about is more money. It is clear that accidents go up, room for fraud, etc. People need to wake up and 'tell' the mayor and council, that they are in charge, and don't want this. I know I'll avoid springs if they goes into effect.

[Ricardo Jurado]

FromTheArticle wrote:

“With the decrease in police resources and the increase in calls-for-service, the city must look for additional means to continue supporting the safe streets of the city,” Police Chief Richard Myers said in a report to City Manager Penelope Culbreth-Graft.

In other words pay your protection money or something bad just might happen to you.

[just another citizen]

I think the photo radar would do more good than harm - I have seen too many idiots running red lights and nearly causing accidents to not see the good that could come of this.

[Ricardo Jurado]

Research how many rear end collisions these things cause at lights before making a judgment call, especially in areas where the yellow light time is intentionally shortened to increase revenue.

[coloradoray1]

It is one of the biggest scams ever created by the police and court sytems. What a cash cow for those involved, pure and simple.

[Banphotoradar]

just another citizen wrote:

I think the photo radar would do more good than harm - I have seen too many idiots running red lights and nearly causing accidents to not see the good that could come of this.

Cameras Endangers Drivers

Driving conditions on freeways are made especially dangerous in rainy weather; morning and evening sun glare as drivers react to the cameras by slamming on their brakes.
Multiple American studies show an increase of accidents with red light cameras:

http://www.thenewspaper.com/news/04/430.asp
http://www.thenewspaper.com/news/27/2743.asp
http://www.tgdaily.com :80/content/view/36435/113/
http://www.citizen-times.com/apps/pbcs.dll/ar...
http://www.thenewspaper.com/news/18/1844.asp
http://www.aclutx.org/chapters/article.php...

You will hear that t-bone accidents decrease with red light cameras, but the
Virginia Dot Report showed the cameras were associated with an increase of between 31 percent and 54 percent for rear-end crashes overall," the report found. "The association of the cameras with angle crashes differed among jurisdictions, although a preponderance of test results suggested an increase."
http://www.thenewspaper.com/news/18/1844.asp

A preliminary examination of Scottsdale's freeway camera program found a 54 percent increase in rear end collisions accompanied the 110,962 automated tickets issued in 2006
http://www.thenewspaper.com/news/27/2799.asp

Flash Blindness - According to Redflex, their cameras can catch the image of a driver across a full six lanes of traffic. The flash at night could be detrimental.

After a flash of bright light, cells within the light-exposed area of the retina become less sensitive to light than those outside that area, so they fail to respond as well to the same level of light. Exposure to bright light can produce an afterimage lasting for minutes to hours depending on intensity and duration of the source light.

Afterimages can have undesired effects such as spatial disorientation while operating aircrafts or vehicles. At night, the dark-adapted pupil is wide open so flash blindness has a greater effect and lasts for a longer time. Because vision loss is sudden and takes time to recover, flash blindness can be hazardous. In aviation, pilots are trained to recover from bright nearby lightning flashes.

http://web.njit.edu/~alvarez/conference/Effec...

http://www.redflex.com/html/global/brochures/...