Faculty member weighs in on traffic cameras in the New York Times
Traffic cameras have become a hot topic in the Chicago mayoral race. The city's website says dangerous right-angle crashes were down 47 percent at red-light camera intersections from 2005 to 2012 and rear-end crashes declined by seven percent. However, a recent study contests that information. Faculty member Joseph Hummer reviewed that study and concluded that although cameras can make intersections safer, Chicago's program is a wash. "They should be used cautiously, as a last resort...because it's so drastic, it takes so much money out of the pockets of people in Chicago," explains Hummer.
To read more visit http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2015/02/21/technology/21reuters-usa-politics-chicago-cameras.html?_r=1