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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
Begin forwarded message: From: Declan McCullagh <declan () well com> Date: October 4, 2005 1:18:24 PM EDT To: politech () politechbot comSubject: [Politech] Washington Post belatedly discovers red light cameras are dangerous [priv]
-------- Original Message -------- 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 comThe 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.aspI look forward to reading the Post's editorial page explaining this one away.
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