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Road Safety Cameras Help Solve Crimes

Tempe, AZ – Road Safety Cameras are growing in number and in usefulness as police turn to video and digital images to identify not only traffic scofflaws, but also to solve hit-and-run collisions, assaults and homicides. Now in use in more than 650 communities across the country, authorities are using the technology as another way to supplement their investigations, just as they used the surveillance cameras in chasing down the Boston Marathon bombers. On average, police from around the country make 225 requests each month to American Traffic Solutions (ATS) for video footage and

Red-Light Running Violation Analysis Shows New Jersey Drivers Are Stopping on Red

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – A new review of red-light safety camera violations issued in New Jersey shows driver behavior is changing.  The analysis tracks red-light running violation counts in 18 townships with ATS cameras since the beginning of each program through the end 2012. Findings include reductions in average violations per camera coupled with a very low percentage of vehicles receiving more than one violation. Both results show behavior is changing and more drivers are stopping on red.  Since installation, average violations per camera have fallen by 44 percent.  Additionally, 86

Red-Light Safety Cameras Reducing Crashes in Florida, Report Shows

Tempe, AZ-- A decrease in traffic crashes is the most common outcome among 73 Florida communities with red-light safety cameras, according to a new survey by the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles. The results attest to the effectiveness of red-light safety cameras as a viable police tool for the enforcement of traffic laws and reduction of dangerous crashes. The clear majority of reporting agencies showed total crashes, angle-crashes and rear-end crashes all decreased in number from July 1, 2011 through June 30, 2012. Forty-four percent of community police

NEW STUDY MEASURES DIRECT ECONOMIC SAVINGS OF RED-LIGHT SAFETY CAMERAS IN 25,000 U.S. CITIES AND TOWNS

Scottsdale, AZ, July 17, 2012-- For the first time, interested citizens can now see the direct economic savings in their own communities that result from using red-light safety cameras at dangerous intersections, using a cost-benefit analysis commissioned by American Traffic Solutions and undertaken by John Dunham and Associates, an economic research firm specializing in economic and fiscal impact studies. The savings are realized by the decrease in crashes and the ability to redeploy police officers from monitoring dangerous intersections to other crime-fighting efforts. The study

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