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Mayor Greg Nickels announced today that he's expanding his army of red light cameras. The city put up six last year as part of a pilot program— and plans to install an additional 24 in 2008.
Apparently police issued 16,539 citations in 2007, resulting in a whopping $1.1 million in revenues from penalties— $101 a pop in 2007. (Tickets will go up to $124 in 2008). The city reports that the frequency of red light running generally dropped by 50 percent at the intersections where cameras have been installed. The number of injury accidents and the number of people injured also declined.
Says Nickels: �There is no excuse for running a red light.�
Take note, scofflaws! Here's where Big Brother will soon be watching.
(NB = Northbound, SB = Southbound, EB = Eastbound, WB = Westbound)
North Seattle
EB Northwest Market @ 15th Northwest
WB Northwest Market @ 15th Northwest
SB 15th Northwest @ Northwest 80th
SB Stone Way @ Northwest 40th
NB Aurora @ Northwest 85th
EB Northeast 80th @ Fifth Northeast
EB Northeast 45th @ Union Bay Place
WB Northeast 45th @ Union Bay Place
NB Northeast 45th @ Union Bay Place
Central Seattle
SB Sixth @ James
SB Fifth @ Spring
SB First @ Marion
NB Broadway @ Olive
EB Olive @ Broadway
SB Broadway @ Pine
SB Boren @ James
SB 23rd @ E John
NB Ninth @ James
South Seattle
NB 14th South @ Cloverdale
EB Cloverdale @ 14th South
WB Avalon @ 35th Southwest
SB 35th Southwest @ Southwest Thistle
NB Rainier @ South Massachusetts
WB South McClellan @ Martin Luther King
1 comment(s)
Almost hit by a car says:
I\'m glad about this...
Posted On: Wednesday, Jan. 2 2008 @ 10:39PM