Re: why are there no traffic cammeras in the US?

"Frank Puck" <junk18843@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
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> "JohnH" <johnharlow@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> Frank Puck wrote:
>>> Why are there no traffic cameras in the US?
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>> Maybe because they are a bad idea...
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>> "The Post obtained a D.C. database generated from accident reports
>> filed by police. The data covered the entire city, including the 37
>> intersections where cameras were installed in 1999 and 2000.
>> The analysis shows that the number of crashes at locations with
>> cameras more than doubled, from 365 collisions in 1998 to 755 last
>> year. Injury and fatal crashes climbed 81 percent, from 144 such
>> wrecks to 262. Broadside crashes, also known as right-angle or T-bone
>> collisions, rose 30 percent, from 81 to 106 during that time frame.
>> Traffic specialists say broadside collisions are especially dangerous
>> because the sides are the most vulnerable areas of cars."
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> this sounds like a fairy tale to me.
> Like cancer is more probable if you live in the proximity of churches
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I guess it doesn't fit with your pre-conception?

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