Memo to those still pushing for red-light cameras in Fort Wayne (or pushing for the state to let us do it): Let's keep researching the evidence, OK?
A U.S. House Subcommittee on District of Columbia Appropriations grilled Washington, DC Mayor Anthony Williams over his lucrative red light camera and speed camera program on April 6. To date, the system has issued $177 million worth of citations, but one member of Congress is questioning the evidence that the devices have done anything to improve safety.
"Virginia did a study," said Congressman Todd Tiahrt (R-Kansas). "They found that -- in the intersections where they had them, they noticed there was an increase in rear-end accidents. People panic, and when they see the camera, they notice it at the box up there and they put on the brakes and rear-end accidents (happen)."
