Stop! Red Light Cameras Prevent Accidents

    LOS ANGELES--April 26, 2001--If a picture is worth a thousand words, then red light cameras are speaking volumes to motorists throughout California.
    A recent study done by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety shows that red light cameras reduce intersection collisions.
    "Red light cameras are beginning to pop up in more cities throughout California, including Los Angeles, Beverly Hills, San Francisco and San Diego," said Candysse Miller, executive director of the Insurance Information Network of California. "As this study shows, red light cameras save lives. Their benefits are undeniable."
    The study focused on Oxnard, Calif., one of the first cities to begin using red light cameras. Since installing the state-of-the-art cameras to monitor red light runners in 1997, injury crashes at intersections with traffic signals dropped 29 percent. And while only 11 of Oxnard's 125 intersections are equipped with red light cameras, crashes declined throughout the city.