Attitudes Toward Red Light Camera Enforcement in Cities With Camera Programs

Attitudes toward red light camera enforcement in cities with camera programs.

OBJECTIVE To obtain information on attitudes and experiences related to red light camera enforcement in cities with camera programs and in Houston, Texas, where cameras were removed after voters rejected the program in November 2010. METHODS Telephone surveys were conducted with 3111 drivers in 14 large cities (population greater than 200,000) with long-standing red light camera programs and ...

Effects of red light camera enforcement on fatal crashes in large U.S. cities.

OBJECTIVE To estimate the effects of red light camera enforcement on per capita fatal crash rates at intersections with signal lights. METHODS From the 99 large U.S. cities with more than 200,000 residents in 2008, 14 cities were identified with red light camera enforcement programs for all of 2004-2008 but not at any time during 1992-1996, and 48 cities were identified without camera program...

Safety Effects of the Red-Light Camera Enforcement Program in Chicago, Illinois

Reducing red light running through longer yellow signal timing and red light camera enforcement: results of a field investigation.

Red light running is estimated to account for 900 intersection crash fatalities annually. Two principal methods used to reduce red light running involve lengthening the duration of yellow change intervals and automated red light enforcement. The present study evaluated the incremental effects on red light running of first lengthening yellow signal timing, followed by the introduction of red lig...

Pedestrians Tracking in a Camera Network

With the increase of the number of cameras installed across a video surveillance network, the ability of security staffs to attentively scan all the video feeds actually decreases. Therefore, the need for an intelligent system that operates as a tracking system is vital for security personnel to do their jobs well. Tracking people as they move through a camera network with non-overlapping field...