Congress to discuss red light cameras

The House Highways and Transit subcommittee is scheduled to meet Wednesday to discuss “automated traffic enforcement” methods, such as red light cameras that photograph and ticket drivers running red lights.

A Federal Highway Administration report showed that while “right-angle” crashes, or “t-bones,” decreased as a result of red light enforcement cameras, rear-end accidents increased. The reports said red light cameras saved localities between $39,000 and $50,000 at each intersection at which they were installed. Those savings were based on property damage and insurance estimates.