New data confirms red light cams save lives, IL politicians once again threaten to ban them
Based on previous Northwestern University research, we already knew that Chicago’s red light cameras have been doing their job to prevent serious and fatal crashes. Today the Chicago Department of Transportation provided Streetsblog with more recent data that reaffirms that the cams are saving lives. However, in February 2020 state legislators led by then-Republican state rep David McSweeney of Barrington Hills overwhelming passed legislation in the Illinois House that would ban red light cameras in many suburban municipalities, although Chicago would not be affected. But last month fellow ...
Source: streetsblog.org