Red Light Cameras
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Welcome to Speed Camera City
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Mayor Vince Gray told the Council that eventually, he'd like to cover the entire city of Washington, D.C. with automated traffic cameras to enforce the rules of the road — with lots of fines and lots of revenue for the government.
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Metro history: Cars ran down more than 300,000 pedestrians in 1931
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Traffic safety has been a concern for a century now. How much closer are we to making the roads a secure place for drivers, pedestrians, and all others who navigate our transportation system?
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A driver refutes the automated justice of D.C.'s red light cameras
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One driver's frustrations with the District's red light cameras lasts for months as she continues to insist, over and over, that she never ran a red light — and keeps pointing to video evidence as proof. But the police department still doesn't buy her case.
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Metrobus cameras lead to 20 firings, 222 suspensions
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Metrobus cameras that record drivers either work really well or constitute an invasion of privacy, depending on whom you ask. Twenty drivers were fired in the past five months after the cameras captured them talking on their cell phones, while 1,173 drivers were suspended after they committed infractions, which is a nice way of saying "screwed up."
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D.C. red light cameras popular with residents
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You may hate them after you get a ticket in the mail, but do you think they're a good idea? A new poll says that yes, you do. So don't even bother arguing otherwise.
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Red light camera nabs drivers for blocking crosswalk, rolling right on red
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The D.C. police have a red-light camera deployed at the corner of Nebraska and Fessenden Streets NW, not far from Fort Reno Park. This red-light camera has managed to annoy many drivers, including local ones, as red-light cameras are wont to do.
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Red light photo enforcement demystified
You're driving down Broad Street, probably not paying as much attention to the road as you should for whatever reason, when you see a white flash in your rear-view mirror.
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Police say red light cameras working correctly
Some area residents have expressed concern that Falls Church City’s new red-light cameras are incorrectly ticketing drivers who are actually operating their vehicles legally.
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D.C. red-light cameras: police use dramatic video to push for expanded use of photo enforcement
CommentD.C. law enforcement officials have released a dramatic video in hopes of convincing the public that a proposed vast expansion of traffic cameras on city streets would be good for public safety and not just for the city's budget.
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Reasons to be car-free in DC: MPD's all-seeing eyes
First, we thought they didn't work. Now, we think they do. Red light and speeding cameras are here to stay, for better or for worse.
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D.C. traffic cameras could multiply, ticket drivers for a growing list of infractions
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Under an initiative now moving forward, the city’s photo enforcement program will be greatly expanded – and it will start citing drivers for a host of infractions other than speeding and red-light running.
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Red-light cameras reduce rate of fatal crashes, study finds
CommentRed light cameras are helping drivers remember that red means stop and are saving lives, according to a new study out Tuesday by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety.
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Falls Church begins issuing citations for red light violations caught on cameras
After a one-month trial, the City of Falls Church began issuing citations today to motorists caught on cameras at two intersections along Route 7 in the City running red lights.
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New red light cameras come to Falls Church
Better slow down for that yellow light. Two new red light cameras are about to start sending out fines in the city of Falls Church.
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Morningside police clerk terminated over alleged ticket-fixing
CommentMorningside's police chief is in a bind after firing an employee who has a side job as his boss.
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Red light cameras start clicking Dec. 19
Falls Church Police Sergeant Pilar Uelmen advised the City Council this evening that two photo-red cameras will begin operating Dec. 19
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D.C. activates red light cameras on busy routes
Better slow down for that yellow light. Some new red light cameras along busy commuter routes in D.C. are about to start sending fines.
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Heads up – MPD announces new red light camera locations
It should probably be assumed that they are on every corner at this point.
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