Want less deadly streets? Help pass the traffic safety camera motion!
Want less deadly streets? Help pass the traffic safety camera motion!
Take action: safer streets with intersection safety cameras
cross-posted from: https://beehaw.org/post/9099201
Hello Vancouverites, you may have heard about an upcoming motion in Vancouver council that calls for the installation of speed and red light cameras at more of the city's high-crash intersections. On average there are 22 car crashes resulting in death/injury in the city every day. This is a public safety and public health crisis, and automated enforcement with speed and red light cameras is an effective and efficient way to make roads safer.
The motion will be considered on Wednesday, November 1st. You can help by expressing support either by emailing or speaking to council. Here's our guide for doing so: https://visionzerovancouver.ca/intersection-safety-cameras/
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Fuck that, red light cameras do not make intersections safer, they only make camera operators money.
Don't fall for automatic enforcement scams.
Do we have any data on this? The studies I've seen show that it does reduce injuries and improves driver behaviour long term.
https://www.iihs.org/topics/red-light-running#effectiveness-of-cameras
I dunno. My research lab is a small room in my house, so have to lean on the research of so many universities. It's carefully balanced out - teach both sides of the cash cow, right? - by groups on behalf of impoverished cities and equipment vendors; I just don't know whom to trust.
https://amp.star-telegram.com/news/state/texas/article216364010.html
https://www.digitaltrends.com/cars/red-light-camera-controversy/
Careful with your own references. There's a lot out there both for and against the idea, all the research and data seems woefully biased, and it's only all the victims to blame.