Automated red light enforcement has reduced the crash rate by 35 percent.
Experience with automated red light enforcement in Fairfax, Virginia.
Date Posted
09/21/2000
Fairfax City, Virginia, United States
Fairfax City,
Virginia,
United States
Identifier
2000-B00054
Traffic Enforcement By Remote Camera Catching On in Area
Summary Information
For more than seven months, people who have run red lights in Fairfax City have also run the risk of being detected by automatic cameras that record cars' rear license plates. Police say the program is responsible for decreasing the number of accidents throughout the city.
RESULTS
In November 1998, 28 accidents occurred at intersections with traffic lights compared with 43 in the same month of 1996.
Traffic Enforcement By Remote Camera Catching On in Area
Traffic Enforcement By Remote Camera Catching On in Area
Source Publication Date
03/17/2000
Publisher
The Washington Post
Taxonomy (ARC-IT)
Traffic Management »
Infrastructure-Based Traffic Surveillance (TM01)
Goal Areas
Results Type
Deployment Locations
