(02-01-2023, 01:23 AM)plam Wrote:(01-30-2023, 07:14 AM)ac3r Wrote: Red light cameras are just a big scam anyway.
Perhaps one could Google "effectiveness of red light cameras".
Out of curiosity, I did, as I was unsure whether you were disagreeing with me.
The first result from Scientific American talks about how they don't tend to make anything safer. They lower the number of those who do run lights (since they know about the camera) but may cause increases in rear ending. Additionally, the author of the article writes:
Quote:In a study I co-authored with economist Paul J. Fisher, we examined all police-recorded traffic accidents for three large Texas cities over a 12-year period – hundreds of thousands of accidents. We found no evidence that red light cameras improve public safety. They don’t reduce the total number of vehicle accidents, the total number of individuals injured in accidents or the total number of incapacitating injuries that involve ambulance transport to a hospital.otal number of individuals injured in accidents or the total number of incapacitating injuries that involve ambulance transport to a hospital."
A link to his paper can be found here: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?...id=3078079
Additionally, Scientific American ran a small study in Huston. They write:
Quote:Our study showed no evidence that cameras reduce the total number of accidents. We estimate that total accidents are reduced by a statistically insignificant 3 percent after the cameras are turned off.
Likewise, there’s no evidence that the camera program reduced the number of traffic-related injuries or the likelihood of incurring an incapacitating injury.
A mouse scrollwheel down on the search results shows a page about how they are more about money than safety (which is expanded on in the video link below).
Another link in the search results goes to a paper from the Traffic Injury Prevention Journal that shows that while they appear to often prevent the running of reds and help safety, they found methodological flaws and could not come to any conclusion other than "we need to study this more".
And it's indeed true. Road Guy Rob recently released a video about how they're mostly useless, often unethical and are more about making profit for the companies that sell them to cities: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pH9dnJ8BmY0
They can work, maybe, but they're very flawed in how we acquire them from companies and how/where they're used and more which is why the USA's second largest city took all of theirs out.