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Congress Turns Sour On Red Light Cameras

Posted: 01 Jul 2010 01:57 AM PDT At a congressional hearing Wednesday, members expressed increasingly skeptical views toward the safety claims made by the usual cast of advocates for photo enforcement. The US House Transportation Subcommittee on Highways and Transit invited five representatives of the familiar groups that advocate expanded use of red light cameras [...]

July 1, 2010 · Tona · No Comments
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New federal report on red light cameras raises new issues

http://www.kvoa.com/news/new-federal-report-on-red-light-cameras-raises-new-issues/   New federal report on red light cameras raises new issues Posted – 6/15/2010 at 7:28AM TUCSON – A new development in a News 4 investigation we brought you over the timing of Tucson’s yellow lights at photo enforced intersections. A few months ago we tested some of the lights at Tucson intersection ourselves [...]

June 15, 2010 · Tona · 2 Comments
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Oak Ridge:Please Hire a Qualified Accident Statistician!

March 1, 2010 Letter to the Editor by Dale Gedcke, B.Eng., M.Sc., Ph.D. The following open letter was sent to the Oak Ridge City Council The 1/23/10 news report by Beverly Majors in The Oak Ridger (Crashes drop, cameras cited) quotes excerpts from the 1/21/10 Memo to the City Manager, No. 10-01 regarding December 2009 Traffic [...]

March 2, 2010 · Tona · No Comments
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Traffic deaths continue decline: Near-WWII levels in 2009 attributed to recession

LEGISTLATORS, COPS, and BUREAUCRATS PAY CLOSE ATTENTION!  FATALIES ARE DROPPING BECAUSE OF LESS TRAVEL, NOT ENFORCEMENT! http://www.allbusiness.com/safety-accidents-disasters/accidents-traffic/13672035-1.html By TOM HELD , Staff, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Publication: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Wisconsin) Date: Saturday, January 2 2010     Traffic fatalities in Wisconsin dropped again in 2009 and remained near the levels of World War II, when [...]

February 12, 2010 · Tona · No Comments
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