USA TODAY: …The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) says red-light cameras reduced the rate of fatal red-light running by 24% from 2004 to 2008. Had the cameras been installed in all U.S. cities with populations above 200,000, 815 deaths would have been prevented, says the Insurance Institute, a group funded by auto insurers that aims to reduce deaths, injuries and property damage caused by crashes on the nation’s roads…
The research was immediately challenged by camera opponents. Gary Biller, executive director of the National Motorists Association, a drivers’ rights group, says cameras increase crashes in some areas and that other strategies are more effective in making intersections safer…
“Lengthening the duration of the yellow cycle can reduce red-light running by 50% or more,” Biller says, citing a 2005 study by the Texas Transportation Institute, a research arm of Texas A&M University… (more)
