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Washington Post belatedly discovers red light cameras are dangerous [priv]


From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Tue, 4 Oct 2005 15:00:55 -0400



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From: Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>
Date: October 4, 2005 1:18:24 PM EDT
To: politech () politechbot com
Subject: [Politech] Washington Post belatedly discovers red light cameras are dangerous [priv]



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Subject: Washington Post discovers red light cameras are dangerous
Date: Tue, 04 Oct 2005 08:06:09 -0500
From: Richard Diamond <me () richard org>
To: declan () well com

The biggest, most shameless camera promoting newspaper of them all, The Washington Post, has examined accident data in the District. It found accidents jumped 207 percent at intersections where red light cameras were installed:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/03/ AR2005100301844.html

These findings should not have been a surprise, as they are consistent with previous studies:
http://www.thenewspaper.com/news/04/430.asp

I look forward to reading the Post's editorial page explaining this one away.

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