Traffic Enforcement Camera definition: A traffic enforcement camera (also red light camera, road safety camera, road rule camera, photo radar, photo enforcement, speed camera, bus lane camera, Safe-T-Cam) is an automated ticketing machine. It may include a camera which may be mounted beside or oer a road or installed in an enforcement ehicle to detect traffic regulation iolations. (Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)
74% percent of driers consider it unacceptable to drie more than 15 mph oer the speed limit in a residential area, yet more than half (52%) admit to doing so in the past month. Nearly all driers (96%) iew it as unacceptable to drie through a traffic light that has already turned red if they could hae stopped safely, yet more than one in three (37%) admit doing this in the past month. (AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety)
2009 38 traffic complaints - 210 hours spent monitoring the area of the complaint. 2010 22 traffic complaints - 107 hours spent monitoring the area of the complaint. 2011 23 traffic complaints - 195 hours spent monitoring the area of the complaint. (Typically on residential streets)
2009 439 hours spent monitoring the intersections. 2010 503 hours spent monitoring the intersections. 2011 410 hours spent monitoring the intersections. (Current Selectie Traffic Enforcement Areas: WCR/Chagrin, WCR/S. Woodland, and Van Aken/Lee)
Speed, Assured Clear Distance 3 Year Aerage 2,827 (26% of total citations issued, 439 or 4% issued in school zones) Red Light 3 Year Aerage 928 (9% of total citations issued) Stop Sign 3 Year Aerage 579 (5% of total citations issued) (3 year aerage of total citations issued10,885)
Bouleard School Middle School Fernway High School Lomond St. Dominic Mercer Onaway Hathaway Brown Woodbury Uniersity Greeniew (former Laurel Ludlow School)
3 year accident aerage - 824 Chagrin Bld. & Lee Rd. Total 94 (11.4% of all accidents) Warrensille Center Rd. & Chagrin Bld. Total 87 (10.5% of all accidents) Van Aken Bld. & Lee Rd. Total 45 (5 % of all accidents)
3 year actiity aerage for all calls is 30,773. 32% of our total actiities are related to traffic enforcement. (Does not include accident inestigations)
Based on a study conducted in Iowa in 2007, with the implementation of photo enforcement, the Shaker Heights Police Department anticipates: A decrease in total crashes by 20%. A decrease in the number of red light running (RLR) crashes by 40%. (Iowa State Uniersity)
RLR particularly dangerous as usually rightangle collision RLR causes more than 100,000 crashes and 1,000 fatalities annually Results in an estimated economic loss of oer $14 billion per year Occupant injuries occur in 45% of RLR crashes as compared to other urban crashes and accounted for 16%-20% of total crashes at urban signalized intersections (Federal Highway Administration)
The hurried motorist. The inattentie drier. The laws do not apply to me. The my driing behaior is not dangerous. The multi-tasker.
The Center For Disease Control Reports: Motor ehicle crashes are one of the leading causes of death in the U.S. The lifetime costs of crash-related deaths and injuries among driers and passengers were $70 billion in 2005. The CDC is suggesting using technology to better understand this problem and deelop programs and policies that will change drier behaior. Crash deaths resulted in $41 billion in medical and work loss costs. One of the ten states with the highest medical and work loss costs is Ohio at $1.23 billion (9 th.) Ultimately, we all pay for the cost of motor ehicle crashes through insurance premiums, taxes, out-of-pocket expenses, and the like. About one-quarter of the cost of crashes is paid directly by those inoled, while society in general pays the rest.
The World Health Organization Reports: September 2012 Road traffic injuries are the leading cause of death among young people. Eery year the lies of almost 1.3 million people are cut short as a result of a road traffic crash. Road traffic injuries cause considerable economic losses to ictims, their families, and to nations as a whole. Road traffic injuries are a global health issue, despite being predictable and largely preentable. Effectie interentions include designing safer infrastructure and incorporating road safety features such as setting and enforcing laws relating to key risk factors, and raising public awareness about these.
Coerage at intersections and school zones utilizing portable speed deices where monitoring is difficult by officers. Allow redeployment of officers. Enhance safety of motoring public. 24/7 uninterrupted lie ideo coerage. Reduce intersection collisions. AMBER Alert Function.
Noember 2012: Red light cameras used in approx. 541 communities, speed cameras used in > 119 jurisdictions. Following states currently are in process of installing photo operated red light cameras, speed camera programs or technology photo enforcement.
Akron New Miami Cleeland Northwood Columbus Parma Dayton Parma Heights East Cleeland Springfield Elmwood Place Toledo Hamilton Trotwood Middletown West Carrollton
Arizona New Mexico Mesa, Paradise Valley, Phoenix, Albuquerque Scottsdale, Tempe North Carolina California Charlotte-Mecklenburg San Jose Oregon Colorado Beaerton, Medford, Portland Boulder, Dener, Ft. Collins Tennessee Iowa Jackson, Red Bank Daenport Maryland Washington DC Montgomery County Source: IIHS
Stationary Camera Options Mobile Camera Options
Free patrol officers for other law enforcement duties. Increased opportunity for community related policing. Consistent traffic enforcement. Change dangerous driing behaior. Ability to monitor high olume intersections 24/7. Decrease in traffic accidents. Improing the safety of the motoring public. Ability to collect traffic data.
Establish program goals Acknowledge and address public concerns Reiew legislatie needs Select technology contractor Based on SH s objecties, priorities and resources (RFP/RFQ) Identify areas of concern based on traffic data Initiate multifaceted public awareness campaign Prior to program start Continue throughout life of program Use roadway signs and media Notify the public of photo enforcement Implement the program using best management practices Ealuate and monitor the program s results
Photo Enforcement cameras present a powerful deterrent to risky driing by changing the equation. Today, with limited resources, cities are forced to become more creatie in dealing with ongoing changes. Photo enforcement technology can act as a force multiplier for the city s police department, while reducing calls for emergency medical personnel and, most importantly, sae citizens lies. Extensie public information campaigns are part of the photo enforcement model, its goal, like the police car parked on the side of the road, is to preent accidents by getting people to change their driing behaior.