American Traffic Solutions Releases Video PSA to Raise Public Awareness about Florida’s Red-Light Safety Camera Program

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TEMPE, AZ – American Traffic Solutions (ATS), Florida and North America's leading red-light safety camera provider, has released a public service announcement video about Florida’s Red-Light Safety Camera program. The video, which is accessible on YouTube, takes viewers on an educational tour of the process at work behind ATS' red-light safety cameras.

To view the video, click on the box below or here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rI8biwjPIsY

Viewers will see how the camera system works, how violations are captured, what safeguards are in place to ensure accurate processing, and the criteria police follow when deciding to issue a violation. Also explained is the distribution process for each dollar collected from a paid ticket. Among those recipients are state trauma care centers and cutting edge research into cures for paralysis.

Florida is the 3rd deadliest state in the nation for red-light running fatalities. In 2012, red-light runners caused 4,803 traffic injuries in Florida, costing communities more than $646 million.  According to a recent Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability (OPPAGA) report, fatalities have fallen 49 percent at intersections with red-light safety cameras.

A recent Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (DHSMV) report found that 95% of the drivers receiving a violation did not receive a second.  These results indicate red-light safety cameras are operating as designed, which is to reduce the number of right-angle intersection crashes by changing driver behavior through traffic law enforcement.

For more information visit http://www.atsol.com/florida-facts/

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About American Traffic Solutions:
ATS is proud to be the market leader in road safety camera installations in North America, and in Florida where ATS contracts with more than 70 communities. Nationally, ATS has more than 3,250 installed red-light, speed and school bus stop-arm safety cameras serving more than 30 million people. ATS has contracts in nearly 300 communities in 21 states and Washington, D.C. For more information, please visit: www.atsol.com.

Contact:
Charles Territo
Title: Senior Vice President of Public Affairs and Marketing, Communications                                  
Phone: (480) 443-7000
Email: media@atsol.com

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