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On Thursday the city will start operating its first ever red light camera. The automated system will take photographs of cars running red lights, and after being reviewed by a police officer, the owner of the offending vehicle will receive a ticket in the mail. Red light cameras have been shown to dramatically reduce deadly T-Bone collisions, while they may slightly increase less serious rear-end collisions.
The first camera will go live in Midtown at West 39th Street and Southwest Trafficway, one of the city’s worst locations for red light running. No tickets will be issued in the first 30 days, which will be just a warning period. Future cameras will go at 39th and Main, 79th and Wornall, 63rd and Prospect, 27th and Southwest Boulevard, and 19th and Walnut.
The city’s web has more information, and will have a list of all camera locations as new interstections are added.
thanks for the link. is there a third party for profit corporation installing these and giving the city a cut? i think this should have been on a ballot, the citizenry should decide for themselves how much of a surveillance society is reasonable.
I live right near 79th & Wornall and I can hear the accidents from my house. It’s extremely scary to walk across the intersection there. Even if this is profit driven its alright by me as it will keep idiots from blatantly running lights.
I don’t necessarily think this encroaches on privacy. It only photographs someone if they’re breaking the law i.e., running a read light. It seems a little different than wiretapping and video surveillance of someone’s everyday activity regardless of whether they’re breaking the law or not.