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This week the city of Atlanta will join other cities across the nation for "National Stop on Red Week." The Department of Public Works (DPW) will be distributing literature on red light running at community meetings to recognize the event.To curb the amount of drivers that run red lights, five red light cameras are being installed at various intersections throughout Atlanta. Warning signs are

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Nearly invisible speed cameras mounted in the pavement will soon begin issuing speeding tickets in Malaysia. Officials there have announced plans to install a relatively new speed camera technology placed in the raised reflective pavement markers known as Botts' Dots or cat's eyes. A pair of the "Intelligent Studs" sit in between lanes raised just 4mm from the ground, virtually indistinguishable

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After four public hearings and much deliberation by the Gulf Breeze, FL City Council, Ordinance 01-05 was approved providing for ‘Photographic Enforcement of Red Lights’ within city limits.“This action was suggested by our Traffic Safety Task Force,” explained Mayor Lane Gilchrist to the Council, “and recommended by staff. Its sole purpose is to improve safety on our streets.”Photographic

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According to Photoblogger...Photoblocker Spray could save your license, but you WILL NOT be able to buyit after 2006! The Government in the United Kingdom is so worried over the threat Photoblocker Spray poses to the millions they earn every month in speeding fines, that on MARCH 10TH 2005, legislation was announced that would make the spray ILLEGAL.I thought law enforcement is claiming that

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Run a red light and pretty soon your license plate and car could be caught on camera.Houston Police Chief Harold Hurtt said the department is in final talks with the company that will put up the cameras at select intersections around town.The first few will go up within two months.The chief said drivers caught running red lights during the 30-day trial would get warning letters in the mail. After

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The Chandler, AZ Police Department might introduce a pilot program that would add speed and right-on-red enforcement to existing red-light cameras at three key intersections.The city's contract with Redflex Traffic Systems Inc., a Scottsdale photo-radar vendor (but an Australian owned company), expires in April. Chandler police want to take advantage of the contract's allowance for a free test

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Rear end collisions are up in Davenport, Iowa according to a study of data comparing accidents from October 2003 to June 2004 and the same time period a year later after red light cameras were installed. Gary Statz, the city's traffic engineer says that the report also shows angle collisions are down, but "not significantly."At Kimberly and Welcome Way, for example, the average number of

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The honeymoon is over. If you're running red lights in Council Bluffs you might wind up photographed and fined.For the past couple of weeks, cameras have been keeping an eye on five intersections in the Bluffs. Their only job is to photograph cars that run red lights.As of August 4, the warnings stopped and the ticketing began.Drivers might be surprised just how clearly their red light violations

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As the state of Illinois is about to begin enforcing lowered work zone speed limits on freeways with speed cameras, a newly-uncovered report concludes the technology has been completely ineffective in the UK. "The study showed that there was no significant difference in the rate of Personal Injury Accidents when road works were present on the motorway," reads the summary prepared by the Transport

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A red-light camera issued the first $351 ticket in Gardena on March 11 and, while officials say money has nothing to do with the primary purpose of the system, the city banked about $450,000 in the first four months of operation. Over the next year, the tally should hit $800,000, according to the city's budget."I'm more interested in seeing the number of accidents and fatalities that have been

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There is a cancer in Philadelphia, and ticket-revenue interests are trying to spread that cancer to every corner of Pennsylvania. The cancer is red-light ticket cameras, and if HB 1568 is passed by the politicians in Harrisburg, RLCs are headed to your town.Like the Philadelphia cancer, HB 1568 is a “pilot program” for RLCs. “Pilot program” is legislative code for, “This will be permanent once we

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Arguing that "robo-cop is better than no cop," feisty aldermen vowed Monday to force Mayor Daley's hand on a high-tech solution to a vexing neighborhood problem: chronic speeding along residential streets.It's been two years since top mayoral aides promised to use surveillance cameras to nail speeders -- either by buying or leasing mobile vans with cameras inside, installing cameras on stop signs

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Florida Attorney General Charlie Crist issued a warning on Tuesday to the city of Pembroke Pines, saying it would be "unlawful" for it to issue red light camera tickets without the sanction of the state legislature.A handful of cities in Florida have been lobbying for red light camera-enabling law in the state legislature, but these efforts have failed. In February, the Speaker of the Florida

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State roads will be exempt from a new Denver campaign against red-light runners because Colorado fears that it might cause more accidents than it prevents, a city official said Wednesday.The problem: motorists seeing signs announcing that a photo trap is near may slam on their brakes, causing rear-end collisions.Exempt roads include Colfax Avenue, Colorado Boulevard, Sheridan Boulevard and

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Contract problems have delayed the deployment of speed cameras on Illinois expressways at least a month. The lucrative program, which incorporates the highest photo-ticket fines in the country, is now not scheduled to begin operation until August. Drivers on a single expressway trip could end up finding a bill for $1375 in the mail weeks later and face a 90 day license suspension as well as

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A man exposing himself to shoppers in the vast stretch of big-box stores on Commerce Boulevard, in Scranton, was bedeviling store owners and borough police this spring.The man was reported in the nearby Viewmont Mall parking lot also, but that mall has no surveillance cameras in its parking lots.But the nearby Target does. The store’s surveillance cameras caught the man in the act — even though

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Just weeks after Alpharetta began using its first traffic light cameras Roswell has taken the first step toward buying a system of its own.The city’s purchasing division requested proposals June 30 for a signal light camera enforcement system, having researched for five years the pros and cons of using one."The public safety committee of the council has explored this option on numerous occasions.

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Cameras at busy Davenport intersections have been catching red-light runners since last summer. But now, city leaders are considering using the same equipment for another purpose. At Wednesday night's meeting, council members unanaimously voted in favor of using the cameras to catch speeders as well.Last August, work crews installed red-light cameras at five of the city's busiest intersections.

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New cameras at one busy Cary intersection haven't stopped some drivers from running red lights.Town leaders say they've caught almost 450 red light runners in the three weeks since the cameras were installed.The new cameras are at the Walnut Street double left turn lanes that lead into the Crossroads shopping center.Cary police say they hope by publicizing the problem, drivers will comply with

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Houston police will soon have a new set of eyes watching out for red-light runners -- cameras at intersections. They are already used in some cities and entrepreneurs have responded by creating ways to disguise license plates. It turns out people are willing to try unusual and illegal products to escape a ticket, Local 2 reported Monday.A spray called PhotoBlocker is helping some drivers beat the

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Officials in San Bernadino, California are preparing to issue red light camera tickets beginning in August, but they're not interested in engineering improvements to make intersections safer. When confronted with a Texas Transportation Institute study showing engineering improvements such as longer yellow lights should be made before deploying cameras, the officials weren't interested."We didn't

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In Virginia Beach drivers should still stop on red, but starting Friday the cameras will no longer be watching.The city’s red-light camera program will end Friday when Virginia’s 10-year-old program that supported the cameras expires.The General Assembly approved red-light cameras in 1995. The program, which was started in Virginia Beach and six Northern Virginia communities, will expire because

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I found this kinda funny...A tech-savvy prankster in SUNNYVALE, CA has been tampering with traffic lights in this Silicon Valley town, turning them off and rejigging wires so the lights flash red in all directions.The prankster also has surreptitiously turned traffic lights to face the wrong way, mixed up the audible crosswalk signals that help guide the blind and thrown off the timing of lights

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Washington, DC speed cameras pulled in an all-time high $2.58 million profit in the month of May according to the latest Metropolitan Police Department statistics.The majority of the speeding fines, 76 percent, were for driving between 11 and 15 MPH above the speed limit. Red light camera income pushes the city's total take for the month beyond $3 million.The monthly figures are sure to increase

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Operators of METRORail trains are running red lights and putting people's lives in danger, the Local 2 Troubleshooters reported in an exclusive story Monday.A camera on a train seen running a red light at Main and Pierce streets on Friday captured video of an operator blowing through a red light."It was really kind of frightening because I am looking at the light thinking, 'Wait a minute. Wait a

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Mayor Charlie Luken vetoed an ordinance authorizing red-light cameras in Cincinnati today immediately after City Council passed it, leaving the future of the traffic devices in the city doubtful.City Council passed the ordinance with five votes. It takes six votes to override a veto.Supporters said the program would have made dangerous intersections safer and free up police officers to focus on

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Stunned by a spate of unsolved slayings, the city of Richmond, CA is poised to declare a state of emergency, a move that could lead to additional police patrols and surveillance cameras in troubled neighborhoods.Richmond has reported 17 killings in the city this year, compared to 36 slayings in 2004. But police say some of the violence this year has been caused by increasing gang rivalries and

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If you've run a red light at any one of six Cincinnati intersections this month, the Cincinnati police may already know who you are.If you do the same thing three months from now, you may get a ticket.The Cincinnati Police Department's proposed red-light enforcement company, Arizona-based (but actually an Australian company) Redflex Traffic Systems, has been conducting secret tests of its

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Trotwood, Ohio Mayor Donald K. McLaurin objected to the installation of red light cameras on aesthetic grounds. "I do not want the character of this city to be imposed upon by these large structures sitting along our roadsides throughout our community," Dayton Daily News quotes McLaurin as saying. "We want to be able to determine what the standards are for our city and what our community will

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Red-light cameras have been criticized as moneymakers masquerading as safety devices. But several Virginia jurisdictions predict their budgets will be better off when Virginia ends the pilot program this summer."We've probably lost $1 million over five years, and I hesitate to say lost,'' Bruce Taylor, Fairfax County's Traffic System program manager, said of the cameras. "When you look at

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Red light cameras have mean big business to one company, which claims it has a product that can shield license plates from the cameras, but there are some questions as to whether it actually works."Productive Electronics" claims it can beat the red light cameras with the use of what they call “PhotoBlocker.”The product is sprayed on license plates and it supposedly creates a glare around the

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Red-light runners, beware of the eye in sky. You're being counted by mounted cameras.Officials began tallying the number of drivers who run red lights at six of the city's busiest intersections in a test program that will help decide if permanent cameras should be installed later this year.Although violators aren't being ticketed - yet - that will change if permanent cameras are installed. They

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Howard County transportation officials have approved the temporary installation of surveillance cameras on three Howard Transit buses, despite concerns members have about the presence of "Big Brother" in the county, the board's chairwoman said.Each bus will feature five cameras - one focused out the front window; one on the driver; one on the stairwell that riders use to enter and leave the bus;

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The city could see its first photo-traffic-enforcement cameras installed by the end of the year, if the Arizona Schools for the Deaf and the Blind and Tucson police are successful.The change would come after five years of study and debate over whether such police tools - controversial over privacy, cost and reliability - should be used in Tucson.Although a City Council subcommittee voted three

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At least three members of the D.C. Council want to know more about the District's use of speed and red light cameras.Ward Six Councilwoman Sharon Ambrose has joined with At-large members Carol Schwartz and Phil Mendelson as co-sponsors of the "Automated Traffic Enforcement Amendment Act of 2005."The measure would require the Williams Administration to reevaluate the posted speed limits on streets

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San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom is considering a plan to install police surveillance cameras in troubled areas.Newsom became interested in the idea more than a year ago, but he stepped up his efforts after touring a Chicago neighborhood where the cameras are deployed during a visit for the U-S Conference of Mayors meeting.Chicago has 45 cameras in its most troubled neighborhoods. Police say the

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On of my favorite "traffic news" sites, The Newspaper, reported today that some red light camera counter measures, such as license plate spray or reflective plate covers do not always work.The first problem is that some camera systems don't use a flash. Lasercraft Inc., for example, runs red light camera systems for several Georgia jurisdictions including Athens-Clarke County, Decatur, Duluth and

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This summer, eagle-eye police officers will get a leg up with their surveillance and crowd-control operations.This month, the City Commission, acting as the Beach Community Redevelopment Agency, voted unanimously to buy the Police Department a $53,000, two-story "crime deterrence and surveillance unit."The contraption, called a Sky Watch, looks like a cherry picker that a tree-trimmer might ride

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City and sheriff's officials are drafting a plan to install surveillance cameras in vandalism-plagued areas to catch criminals in the act and quell the recent spike in graffiti.The number of cameras and installation locations has not been determined, said Dianna Boone, the city's community services administrator.The city staff and Santa Clarita sheriff's station deputies have scheduled a meeting

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Red-light cameras, used in Santa Clarita and being considered in the Antelope Valley, got the green light from the Orange County grand jury in terms of public safety, although jurors said cities must track revenue to ensure the system is cost-effective.In the 16-page report, jurors found a decline in accidents, but expressed concern that officials in the five cities could not determine how much

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A truck spilled gallons of corn syrup yesterday at the intersection of Yankee Road and Verity in Middletown, Ohio after its driver, Todd Hellrigel, panic-braked after seeing a red light camera sign.He wanted to avoid being ticketed. “If I get too many of them it can really hurt me as a truck driver,” Hellrigel told the Middletown Journal News. “I didn’t know what to think. I didn’t want to take a

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New York police are considering plans to place hundreds of video cameras throughout the city to help fight crime and combat terrorism, the New York Police Department said on Monday.Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly wants to put up some 400 surveillance cameras on high-crime and high-traffic streets to record action to be reviewed later if a crime occurs in the area, the New York Post said in a

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The five Orange County cities using red-light cameras saw a drop in crashes at most sites equipped with such devices, but there are other ways of reining in scofflaw drivers, according to a report released Tuesday.The cameras photograph vehicles driven through red lights, and the vehicle owners subsequently are ticketed. Fines and fees for running a red light can total $336.The Orange County

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Drivers beware: Camera cops could be coming soon to Auburn.City staff members are developing a proposal to install photo enforcement cameras at two intersections to catch those who run red lights, said Auburn police Chief Jim Kelly.Kelly and City Councilman Gene Cerino say they hope the cameras could be operating by the end of the summer, which could make Auburn the state’s second city – in

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This popular city shines like a beacon on hot summer nights, attracting crowds to its restaurants, bars and theaters.While good for the city's economy, the crowds strain the police department's overtime budget, city officials say, as officers are called in to control the pedestrian and vehicle traffic.Neighbors say they are sick of the congestion and the noise.The city's solution to both the

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Flashing strobes hit Red Lion Road this weekend as it became the second of three intersections along Roosevelt Boulevard to receive red light cameras.At 12 a.m., on May 21, the Philadelphia Parking Authority activated the red light cameras at Red Lion Road and Roosevelt Boulevard. In February, Grant Avenue and the boulevard received the first red light cameras and by the end of the summer Cottman

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The city has a team of new electronic cops on its force, and they're watching motorists 24 hours a day, seven days a week.Starting next month, motorists who run red lights — and are caught by new, state-of-the-art digital cameras — will have to pay a $331 fine to the city of Berkeley.Cameras have been installed at three intersections — University Avenue at Sixth Street, University and Shattuck

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There are just a few days to go until all of Delaware's red light cameras will be up and running. The Delaware Department of Transportation says the 20 red light cameras that the General Assembly approved two years ago will be fully operational by June 1.Here's where you have to be especially careful of being caught on red light camera:In New Castle County, DelDOT says there are 11 cameras.In

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The District signaled it will expand its automated traffic enforcement program by extending its contract with the company in charge of the city's red- light and speed camera technology.By July, the Metropolitan Police Department said it wants to add five new fixed-location speed cameras to the five already in use, increase red light cameras from 39 to 50 and deploy two new vans to nab speeders in

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Lawmakers want to double the number of traffic light video cameras keeping watch over New York City intersections.The New York Post says the state legislature is considering a bill to allow the city to increase the number of cameras to 100. The traffic cameras began being installed in 1994. There are 50 in place.The city department of transportation says an average of 16 summonses are issued each

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Salem Police Traffic Unit officers will be holding a crosswalk safety enforcement operation today. Lieutenant Bill Kohlmeyer says the enforcement project will use several undercover police officers crossing the street using a crosswalk.A video camera will be set up to record any violations. Any driver cited during this enforcement will be given literature regarding pedestrian laws. The fine for

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SPEED cameras do NOT cut fatal accidents, new Government research reveals.Scientists examined 149 accident blackspots in 30mph zones throughout the country.And they found cameras had little or no effect on deaths and serious injuries. The five-year Government-funded study was carried out by Liverpool University researchers.Dr Linda Mountain, who led the team, said the case for Gatso cameras in

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EyeNet Enforcement Systems Inc., an innovative provider of security technology for homeland security, law enforcement, private security, traffic enforcement and public safety markets, today announced its collaboration with the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. The collaboration focuses on exploring commercial opportunities within key markets for intelligent security camera systems that

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Maryland Governor Robert Ehrlich (R) vetoed a bill on Friday that would have allowed speed cameras to issue tickets to motorists in Montgomery County. At least six jurisdictions in the state currently use red light cameras, but photo radar has never been allowed. The neighboring District of Columbia uses photo radar which helped its combined photo enforcement program to bring in over $100 million

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Marysville's red-light camera snapped photos of nearly 900 violators during its first two weeks, the City Council was told Tuesday night."I don't know if it's stunning, but we anticipated that there wouldn't be that many. It's obvious by the evidence we're gathering that that many people are running that light," said Dennis Hauck, the city's traffic officer.The camera was installed earlier this

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The Ohio House of Representatives voted 72-23 to approve a bill by state Representative Jim Raussen (R-Springdale) today that would effectively prohibit the use of red light cameras and speed cameras in the state. Raussen's legislation would only allow the devices to be used when a police officer is present to witness the offense and issue the citation to the driver.Full Report...

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From schools and libraries to elevators and interstates, chances are high that the unblinking eye of a camera lens is on you.In today's security-obsessed world, people are leaving trails of digital or videotaped images behind them - often unwittingly - during much of their day.One reason for so many silent watchers is simply the availability and low cost of cameras today, according to Peter Swire

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The California Supreme Court yesterday upheld a lower court ruling forcing cities to implement a 30-day warning period for each red light camera they install. In a filing to the high court, a representative for the League of California Cities argued that none of the 66 cities operating cameras in the state has interpreted the law in this way, assuming the warning period only applied to the first

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President Bush's proposed $2.57 trillion federal budget for Fiscal Year 2006 greatly increases the amount of money spent on surveillance technology and programs while cutting about 150 programs—most of them from the Department of Education.The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has requested more than $2 billion to finance grants to state and local governments for homeland security needs. Some

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Researchers at the North Carolina Urban Transit Insitute were unsatisfied with the overly simplistic methods used in prior insurance industry funded studies of the effects of red light cameras on accidents. So they conducted a U.S. Dept. of Transportation funded study that looked at a 57-month period and accounted for dozens of variables such as weather and traffic ignored in previous studies.

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Welcome to my weblog documenting the increasing number of surveillance cameras or "Camera Cops" throughout America, and how you are always being watched by Big Brother.Stay Tuned!

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