Monday, March 31, 2008
Cleveland Traffic Camera Locations
Smile - you're on Mayor Jackson's "fill the budget," oops I mean Red Light Cameras...
From the PD --
Here are the locations for active, stationary cameras, according to City Hall. Read it and behave.
2100 block West Boulevard (northbound)
8800 block Broadway (eastbound)
6900 block Woodland Avenue (eastbound)
10600 block Clifton Boulevard (eastbound and westbound)
4701 Chester Avenue (westbound)
East 116th Street at Shaker Boulevard (southbound)
Shaker Boulevard at East 116th (eastbound)
East 131st Street at Harvard Avenue (northbound)
Union Avenue at East 116th (westbound)
Chester at Euclid Avenue (southbound)
Fulton Road at Memphis Avenue (northbound and southbound)
East 55th Street at Carnegie Avenue (southbound)
Carnegie at East 55th Street (westbound)
Carnegie at East 30th Street (eastbound)
Carnegie at Martin Luther King Jr. Drive (westbound)
Carnegie at East 100th Street (eastbound)
Pearl Road at Biddulph Avenue (northbound and southbound)
St. Clair Avenue at London Avenue (eastbound)
Grayton Road at Interstate 480 East (northbound)
Grayton at I-480 West (southbound)
Lake Shore Boulevard at East 159th Street (eastbound)
Warren Road at South Marginal Drive (northbound)
South Marginal at Warren (eastbound)
West Boulevard at Interstate 90 E (northbound)
Cedar Avenue at Murray Hill Road (eastbound)
Prospect Avenue at East 40th Street (westbound)
Shaker Boulevard at Shaker Square NW (westbound)
Chester at East 71st Street (eastbound and westbound)
West Boulevard at North Marginal Drive (southbound)
North Marginal at West Boulevard (westbound)
Thanks - Prince
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Both Toledo and Cincinnati have these...and beware. Once the public gets used to the red-light cameras, the revenue from those locations will decline.
ReplyDeleteSince this is all about money and NOT public safety (as numerous studies show the number of accidents at such intersections increases despite the fact that the number of accidents attributable to red-light running might decrease), the city will need to expand the program.
So, they'll add more intersections and then will begin to add the speed cameras.
Redflex, the Australian company who has Toledo's contract, also makes stop sign and railroad crossing cameras...so expect those to show up as well.
Cincinnati is in the process of putting a charter amendment on the ballot for November to outlaw such cameras ... several Toledo residents are looking at modifying the amendment for Toledo and trying to get it on the ballot here.
You can email me if you'd like more information...
I saw a story not too long ago where some city by Dallas actually took out their cameras because people werent speeding with them around because they knew where they were and the city was losing too much money.
ReplyDeleteI also recall a city that insisted upon a 1 year study of the impact of the cameras by an impartial board. After 6 months, the board recommended the cameras be removed prior to the end of the 1-year period because of the overall increase in traffic accidents.
ReplyDeleteThere's a ton of information available on this subject - and even some websites dedicated to following the topic.
Hi Ben & Maggie,
ReplyDeleteThanks for reading and commenting. Maggie I can't thank you enough for adding your insight and wisdom on this topic.
I believe the use of these cameras is strictly a money grab - especially Cleveland.
I am all for enforcing traffic laws and all the other good Johnny Law Dog stuff, but the cameras cross the line.
That a court would not consider this as a violation of our due process rights is amazing.
What bothers me is this...
They tell you the tickets are considered civil and not criminal. Since the tickets are considered civil and not criminal - the level of guilt required to find you at fault is not the same. In the way the tickets/citations are handled you are assumed to be guilty.
The collection of the monies due from fines is done by a collection agency. Non-payment can lead to entries on your credit report, and be cause for further collection activities - judgement, attachments, garnishment, etc...
The person being ticketed is then required to prove to the collection agency and/or civil court they are innocent. Even if this is done - there will still be items on the credit report showing there was some sort of collection activity taken against this person.
This in effect - can be considered a penalty. A penalty, being civil or criminal, without affording a person their right to due process, is against this really cool thing called the 14th Amendment.
I am not an attorney - so if I am wrong, I aqm sure one will get on here and tell me. The above is my opinion.
I would have to agree the cameras do create more accidents.
While I have not read the studies, being well versed and trained in traffic control. I would believe a driver, knowing a cameras location, would tend to slam on the brakes so not to go through the light. This in fact can cause an increase in rear end collisions.
As use for speeding - Bull! I will never forget the night my father (a policeman) gave me a ride home from work one night. His radar went off and clocked a utility pole at 50mph.
Being exposed to weather, I would challenge the calibration on the unit at the time of the incident. I would also take the weather into account (windy, foggy, rain, snow, etc...)
Nothing more than government's insatiable appetite for money. Where exactly does it all go? The streets are caving in. They are not putting the money back into the city. "Welcome to the Medical Mart, glad to see you didn't fall into a crator."
ReplyDeleteHi Jack,
ReplyDeleteNice to hear from you again.
Maybe Mayor Jackson thinks if people fall in the holes - it will increase business for MedMart