Outline of My Third Oral Presentation

“Red-Light Cameras”

This is a presentation of

This is a Presentation of “Driving Lessons”: Written by Sany Zein, Edited by Peter Rothe; The Universty of Alberta Press, 2002, Pages 303-315

By Jayson Dicho

Instructions for this oral presentation are found at:

www.soc.hawaii.edu/leonj/leonjpsy22/g22-oral.htm

I. Red Light Running Increases Accidents

A. According to the Insurance Institute of Highway safety, 22 percent of all traffic accidents in the United States are caused by drives running red lights.

B. 800 in death per year, 7 billion dollars in property damage, medical and insurance

C. Red Light Violations have increased by 10% since the 1980’s

II. Red-Light Violator Characteristics  

A. Male Ages 30 and under

B. Most  likely have a moving violation history.  Example: Suspended license, DUI, Speeding

C. My Opinion

III. Red Light Cameras Increases rear-end Collisions

A. A driver following behind another vehicle gets hit because of the driver in front slamming their brakes when the traffic light turns yellow, they suddenly stop due to the fear from causing a moving violation.

B. Hillier et al (1993) analyzed 16 camera locations on the rear end collision.  They found that reduced right-turn collisions, and right angle collisions but rear ended collisions increased by 25 to 61 percent depending on the locations.

C. My Opinion

IV. Red Light Cameras Economic Implications

A. Before red light cameras would cost 360 dollars in personnel alone to monitor an intersection.  1 officer to observe the violation and radio relevant information to other officer who stopped the targeted violators, and also helicopters and unmarked vehicles were also used.

B. Using red light cameras freed up law enforcement personnel to do other jobs and also provided extra income (from the citations issued to violators) to the police force.

C. My Opinion

Helpful Links:

http://www.iihs.org/safety_facts/qanda/rlc.htm

http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/red-light-camera.htm

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