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May 09, 2007
Stop Sign Cameras
From the newspaper.com:
Redflex, a major developer of red light cameras, has developed a stop sign camera, read their announcement.
The stop sign devices are based on red light camera platforms, but they differ greatly in use. The more familiar stoplight cameras typically photograph a vehicle entering an intersection if a signal light changes to red as little as 0.1 seconds after the car crosses the stop bar line. In most cases, the resulting ticket photograph will show both the vehicle in the intersection and a visible red light, offering visual documentation of the technical violation. With the new Redflex stop sign cameras, a machine will make calculations to determine whether a vehicle did not come to a complete stop and deserves a ticket.
While I think this isn't as important as red light cameras from a traffic safety perspective, it does show the growth in this industry. I am sure over the next several years, we will see lots of these ticketing devices. They appear effective at enforcing laws and generating revenue. Moreover, the public outcry over them hasn't sufficiently coalesced to protest these devices.
Posted by rshah at May 9, 2007 10:46 AM
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