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Originally Posted by LAFwUs
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There is a lot to unpack there and interestingly, some of those "studies" argue against each other.
- Rear-end accidents increased while T-bone accidents decreased. Yep, that's what you would expect if people are now stopping at the light rather than running it.
- Accidents decreased at non-camera intersections too. Of course they did. In the split second where you decide to stop or run the light you don't have time to think of whether this light has a camera; instead, you stop at every light. That just shows that a camera doesn't need to be installed at every light in order to get the benefit.
- Accidents didn't increase greatly after cameras were installed. Yep, the cameras changed behaviors. Accidents will again increase but it will take some time for those who would run the red lights to feel comfortable doing that again.
- Accidents increased from 30 to 34 the year the camera was removed but that is not significantly greater. I don't know, a 13% increase seems significantly greater especially if I was the victim of one of the four.
- The Dept of Transportation who installed the cameras doesn't have the authority to enforce traffic laws. Obviously, this doesn't speak at all to whether the cameras are effective at reducing severe injuries and deaths.
- Accidents continued to increase in spite of the cameras. Then this study can't provide any conclusions at all about the effectiveness of the cameras.