I just want to know how accident rates were affected. Red lights don’t exist because they are good in and of themselves, they exist to prevent accidents. This statistic tells me nothing of use, other than a rough estimate of how much money was extracted from the pockets of drivers and funneled through private industry to extract a profit, with the remainder deposited to the police budget.
I support safety initiatives but when private companies are involved and additionally it’s a revenue source, I wonder if they’re using the old chestnut of lowering speed limits without traffic calming and then putting speed cameras, or shortening yellow light duration and putting up red light cameras.
When private company is involved, it necessarily stops being about safety as, done correctly, the number of tickets issued approaches zero. But that means the company isn’t earning money. Do the math.
I just want to know how accident rates were affected. Red lights don’t exist because they are good in and of themselves, they exist to prevent accidents. This statistic tells me nothing of use, other than a rough estimate of how much money was extracted from the pockets of drivers and funneled through private industry to extract a profit, with the remainder deposited to the police budget.
I support safety initiatives but when private companies are involved and additionally it’s a revenue source, I wonder if they’re using the old chestnut of lowering speed limits without traffic calming and then putting speed cameras, or shortening yellow light duration and putting up red light cameras.
When private company is involved, it necessarily stops being about safety as, done correctly, the number of tickets issued approaches zero. But that means the company isn’t earning money. Do the math.
In case it wasn’t clear from my comment, we are in full agreement.