Why has the City of Richardson decided to utilize red light cameras?
According to the Federal Highway Administration more than 2.7 million intersection crashes occur across the country annually, resulting in over 9,000 fatalities. Each year more than 50% of all reported crashes and 22% of all injury crashes occur in an intersection. During 2005 approximately 9.2% of all reported vehicle collisions in the City of Richardson were related to red light violations. These types of crashes are usually side impacts and are much more likely to result in heavier damage, serious injury, and even death. Effective traffic management remains a high priority for our private citizens, the business community and city officials. It is believed the Automated Red Light Camera Enforcement program will aid our efforts in traffic management by reducing the number of red light violations thereby reducing the number of red light crashes, and injuries associated with such crashes. The purpose of this program is to increase traffic safety in the City of Richardson. The goal of th
