Two More Cities Remove Red Light Cameras - Company Ethics Now Drawn Into Question

Red light cameras are nowhere near as popular as they once were with Golden State municipalities. Loma Linda and Whittier became the most recent examples of California cities unplugging their automated ticketing machines after noting that the devices both failed to reduce accidents and generate the promised amounts of revenue.

In 2005, Loma Linda allowed Redflex Traffic Systems to mail tickets, now nearly $500 each, to motorists who primarily made slow, rolling right-hand turns on red. In the second year of the program, the city lengthened the duration of the yellow light at the enforced intersection. As a result, straight-through violations -- and profit -- plunged. This convinced council members that the program was not worth keeping, but Redflex prevented the city from canceling the contract by threatening to the city to pay for three years' worth of "losses" accumulated since the signal timing change. The Australian company then took steps to conceal the long-term effect of longer yellow on straight-through citations.

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e46m3d - 12/8/2010 1:26:17 PM

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Don't forget to send them a Christmas gift this year!

Redflex Holdings Limited.
31 Market Street, South Melbourne. Victoria. Australia 3205
Phone: (613) 9674 1715. Fax: (613) 9699 3566. Email: holdings@redflex.com.au

e46m3d - 12/8/2010 1:30:53 PM

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Oh I'm sorry I meant....

Redflex Traffic Systems, Inc.
23751 N. 23rd Ave, Ste 150
Phoenix, Arizona 85085-1854
Phone: (623) 207-2000
Fax: (623) 207-2050

I think they were asking for magazine subscriptions this year.

theoptimisticpessimist - 12/8/2010 4:22:00 PM

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"Company Ethics" isn't that an oxymoron.

HenryTheSpy - 12/8/2010 9:39:39 PM

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On Oct. 13, 2010 the San Bernardino Sun newspaper reported that thousands of tickets LL issued during 2006 were invalid, because the yellow lights were too short. LL discovered the problem, and lengthened the yellows, in Nov. 2006. But by that time their cameras had been in operation for ten months. Back then they should have stopped prosecuting the invalid tickets, and offered refunds to the people who had already paid. But they apparently said nothing. They owe the public an apology, refunds, and damages. (In California these tickets are a criminal matter, and go on your license.)

To read the SBSun story, Google Loma Linda short yellows.