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DamianTV
12-31-2014, 04:48 PM
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Motorists rejoicing over decisions to discontinue unpopular red-light camera programs don't have to drive too far for a buzzkill.

The number of red-light cameras nationwide is falling because of opposition from lawmakers and average Joes ? but the use of cameras to catch speeders is slowly rising, potentially signaling a new battleground.

The number of U.S. communities using red-light cameras has fallen 13 percent, to 469, since the end of 2012, according to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, a nonprofit scientific and educational organization funded by the insurance industry. That includes the 24 towns in New Jersey that participated in a pilot program that ended this month with no pending legislation to revive it.

Meanwhile, the institute estimates that 137 communities use speed cameras, up from 115 at the end of 2011.

Advocates for cameras that catch red-light runners point to data showing they reduce accidents, while critics note that they can't employ judgment to distinguish between, say, a red-light run during rush hour in a school zone and a technically illegal right turn on a red light at 3 a.m. Speeding, however, is a bit more black and white when it comes to cameras.

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Ah Govt, complain enough about how they screw you one way and they simply screw you another way. Eventually, they will get to screw you both ways, and every other way from Sunday they can come up with.