Take action: safer streets with intersection safety cameras
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On November 1, 2023, Vancouver City Council will decide whether to call for the installation of more speed and red light safety cameras at intersections in the city and have enforcement revenue be …

Hello Vancouverites, you may have heard about an upcoming motion in Vancouver council that calls for the installation of speed and red light cameras at more of the city’s high-crash intersections. On average there are 22 car crashes resulting in death/injury in the city every day. This is a public safety and public health crisis, and automated enforcement with speed and red light cameras is an effective and efficient way to make roads safer.

The motion will be considered on Wednesday, November 1st. You can help by expressing support either by emailing or speaking to council. Here’s our guide for doing so: https://visionzerovancouver.ca/intersection-safety-cameras/

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  •  Victor Villas   ( @villasv@beehaw.org ) OP
    2•1 year ago

    The numbers are there. They’re just a cash grab.

    Where? Seriously, all research I came in contact with shows they are effective in changing driver behaviour long-term.

    EDIT: Found this https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0001457513000572?via%3Dihub

    rear-end collisions were found to increase by 39%

    But also from the same study:

    • Meta-analysis finds that RLC decrease all injury crashes by 13%
    • Rear-end crashes increase, only at RLC intersections
    • RLC are most effective when not all RLC-intersections are signposted.

    So my understanding is that it’s even more effective when it’s not signposted (which is even more of a cash grab?), and although it increases rear-ends, it decreases injury crashes. That’s a net positive to me.

    Also lots of studies referenced here: https://www.iihs.org/topics/red-light-running#effectiveness-of-cameras

    And the conclusion:

    Some studies have reported that while red light safety cameras reduce front-into-side collisions and overall injury crashes, they can increase rear-end crashes. However, such crashes tend to be much less severe than front-into-side crashes, so the net effect is positive.