Smile San Francisco, more red light cameras are coming your way

 According to Rachel Gordon’s article in the San Francisco chronicle on Friday, November 28, 2008 more red-light cameras maybe on their way. At least ten more cameras are being considered, especially for Oak and Octavia, as well as Market and Gough.

She points out that more than 12,000 tickets have been issued since the program began in 1998 and red light-related collisions have dropped significantly at the targeted intersections during that period, according to various law enforcement officials.

City Officials have known for quite sometime that red light cameras and the newer technology known as photo radar, specifically targeting speeders, which has been proven effective in neighboring states such as Arizona, are not only cost effective, but a way to generate revenue and  a proven method to reduce accidents.

The municipal transportation agency governing board is to be considering a proposal to extend for one year a contract with ACSState and local solutions to operate the program for $9.4 million, funded by traffic revenue, ticket fines, at the driving taxpayer expense.

Rachel thanks for the heads up.

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 Technology is here to replace what the traffic officers used to do, with efficiency. It’s regrettable that drivers and the various taxpayers in the community were not aware of this until now.