Comments on: Have Red Light Speed Cameras Saved Lives in Maryland?

By: Cap'n Transit

Cap'n Transit — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 12:56:53 +0000

Jack, I’m assuming there’s a good reason for the 35mph zone, in which case the street should really not be designed to move people at 80mph. Sounds like your street needs some traffic calming.

By: Jack

Jack — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 07:17:15 +0000

Here in MoCo, traffic going 45mph in a 35mph zone (on a road that could take 80mph empty) slows down to 25mph to go through the cameras. It is stressful, it produces traffic jams, and it produces collisions. They might have had a slight impact on pedestrian safety, at the expense of a large increase in rear-end collision. Better crosswalks and signalization could have produced the former without the latter.

By: J. Mork

J. Mork — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 15:14:02 +0000

Each year, about 1.2 million drivers, passengers, cyclists and pedestrians of all ages are killed on the roads, according to the study prepared by the World Health Organization and the World Bank.

http://www.rff.org/News/Features/Pages/Traffic-Fatalities-a-Growing-Threat-Worldwide-WHO-Reports.aspx

1.2 million / 365 = 3,288

By: PhotoRadarScam

PhotoRadarScam — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 07:25:07 +0000

Thousands every day? Try 124. Guess how many are killed by exceeding the posted speed limit every day? Less than 9. There’s about 1 death due to exceeding the posted limit per 1 BILLION miles driven. Federal studies, and other studies show that RLCs are inneffective and in some cases, increase accidents. But do you know what’s always effective? Increasing the yellow light time, as well as other measures like improving signs and signal visibility. Get the facts before you rant. PhotoRadarScam.com

By: nopojoe

nopojoe — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 06:16:23 +0000

Reardon, quoted in article saying cyclists are the biggest hazard not addressed by red light cameras.. hes right. We cyclists are going to fast.Because we are fit, not a fat ass like Reardon. No wonder hes pissed. His Honda hasn’t enough juice to get his ass up to Warp3 like my bike does.

Ditch the Honda,Reardon. Run with the pack.

By: john

john — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 18:57:07 +0000

Speeding-wreckless drivers to face more surveillance: Beginning next July, the IL State Police will begin using photo radar in highway work zones. Drivers going even one mile over the speed limit will find themselves with a $375 ticket in the mail (first offense). A second ticket will cost $1000 and brings with it a 90 day suspension of the driver’s license.

Why aren’t cyclists-pedestrians treated as well as highway workers?

By: paco

paco — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 17:56:01 +0000

it’s laughable that cars kill thousands every day and yet people still complain more so about speeding cyclists, as if they were all Mad Max road warriors!

Walk into any room and survey the crowd….
Raise your hand if you’ve ever known someone killed by a car collision. Lots of hands will go up.
Raise your hand if you’ve ever known someone killed by a bike collision accident. Would ANY hands go up?

By: Eric McClure

Eric McClure — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 17:15:14 +0000

Glad to see we don’t have a monopoly on logic-starved, anti-cyclist cranks!

[Um, wait, maybe I'm not so glad.]

By: Charles Siegel

Charles Siegel — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 16:30:22 +0000

“I don’t think they pick up one of the major hazards on our roadways in Montgomery County right now — bicyclists”

Watch out for those hazardous bicyclists. Cars kill over 40,000 people per year in the Us. How many people do bicyclists kill?