Thursday, June 10, 2010

Red Light (automatic) cameras INCREASE REAR-END COLLISIONS (people slam on brakes)

Apparently Government regulations and actions sometimes back-fire and have the opposite results of what was intended.

WEST PALM BEACH — Rear-end collisions more than doubled and accidents increased overall in the first 70 days of red-light cameras in West Palm Beach compared to the same period of 2009, traffic records reviewed by The Palm Beach Post show.

http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/rear-end-collisions-jump-at-red-light-camera-706186.html

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