On any given day in rush hour traffic, I can easily spot half a dozen people blowing through red lights. If I could give tickets for moving traffic violations, I could easily issue 20 a day -- all for non-speeding violations, too. By and large, most drivers are completely incompetent.
In our car-centered culture, that's unlikely to change. All you have to do to pilot 2 tons of flying metal down the highway at 100 feet per second is barely stumble your way through a minimal driving test once in your life, and then show up every 4 years to pay an administrative fee to renew your license.
The Virginia study is flawed; I don't see red-light cameras causing injuries (correlation doesn't prove causality, among other things). I see bad drivers attempting to run red lights with impunity causing rear-end accidents with injuries.
I used to be strongly opposed to red-light cameras. Now, I'm somewhat leaning the other way.
My lifelong avocation has been driving, traffic and highway safety.
Chris Johnson Fulton
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