Some of you might have read the post on:
HOW ONE MAN DID THE HEAVY LIFTING THAT KILLED L.A.’s RED LIGHT TICKET PROGRAM
And what lessons may be learned by Monroe and other cities
August 23, 2011
But what is really interesting is the fact that THERE IS A GREAT EXAMPLE HERE OF THE THE SCAMERA SIDE NOT BEING TRUTHFUL on their SAFETY CLAIMS:
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AND WHAT DID HE FIND?That the police department was making highly questionable claims about the safety effectiveness of the cameras based on flimsy (some would say lousy) data.
For example, one LAPD claim was that five fatal accidents occurred at specific intersections before the red-light cameras were installed, and none occurred after.
Reality: two of the five accidents were not red light related, he says, and a third involved a drunken driver who zipped through despite a camera there, mounted by a previous vendor. The fourth, "caused by a young distracted driver," likely would not have been prevented by a camera.
"They were suggesting the cameras were stopping fatalities," he says, "but the examples they gave would not have been stopped by a red-light camera," said Beeber.
He also found out the image that was being projected of people who “run” red lights was not accurate at all.
This is not the first time the scamrea side has taken "credit" for accident reductions THAT HAD NOT ONE THING TO DO WITH A CAMERA!
A great example (that we mention before) was involving speed scameras in Wiltshire,
UK: Speed Camera Officials Caught Lying with Statistics http://www.thenewspaper.com/news/05/538.asp
The bottom line, taking "safety" claims from those with a FINANICAL interest (and that INCLUDES SOME IN UNIFORM who are OBVIOUSLY being paid by the vendors like one officer in Houston), is akin to taking medical advice from SNAKE OIL SALESMAN! THAT IS WHAT THESE VENDORS ARE!
Why would you take as "truth" data from vendors WHOSE FINANICAL LIFE IS DEPENDENT UPON KEEPING THE SCAMERAS UP:
"The city government and council had only been hearing one side," Beeber says.
And that side was from the companies that stood to make serious money with their product installed on city streets.
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