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Yet some (San Diego) are using them even though they're not profitable, yet they save money on dispatching cops and fire trucks to broadside collisions.
The intersections here ALL have lower accident rates since they were installed, with the other measures. Since much of this discussion is based on buttumptions, isn't it possible that the average driver after driving past a camera several times might pay more attention around that intersection, and thus be less likely to rear end someone?
SD used them wrong once, yeah, but this time they're being controlled by the traffic division instead of the private company or anyone from the police departments. The cops just verify the photo against the video, check the photo against the registered owners license, and sign off.
I'm not really pro-cameras, but I'll admit they can be used to effect safety in a positive way if they're used right. It seems more productive to target any issue I have with them to the systems that are mismanaged and abused than to buttume all cameras are bad.
As a sidenote I spent 5 minutes parking my car and taking video of a RLC in Encinitas, CA. I have to dig up the regulations on RLCs, cause I think Encinitas is in violation of several signage, timing, and positioning rules. That is bad.
Dave
