Red light cameras dropped in L.A.

Photoenforcement of red light violations has never been popular and, in L.A., has not been enforced by traffic courts. As a result, the project has been losing money and the city’s police commission has decided to drop the program. Governing.com writer Girard Miller comments on the safety results: “Reportedly, the number of head-on T-bone intersection accidents was reduced by these photo-enforcement systems, but at the cost of more rear-end accidents from drivers slamming on their brakes to avoid a ticket when they saw the camera.”

Red light cameras dropped in L.A.

Photoenforcement of red light violations has never been popular and, in L.A., has not been enforced by traffic courts. As a result, the project has been losing money and the city’s police commission has decided to drop the program. Governing.com writer Girard Miller comments on the safety results: “Reportedly, the number of head-on T-bone intersection accidents was reduced by these photo-enforcement systems, but at the cost of more rear-end accidents from drivers slamming on their brakes to avoid a ticket when they saw the camera.”