Speed Camera Controversies

Controversies

In an article, “Controversies and Speed Cameras: Lessons Learnt Internationally.” written by Amanda Delaney, Heather Ward, Max Cameron, & Williams, A. (2005) it seeks to explain that controversies in which speed camera causes and the ineffectiveness of Doppler radar that is used by law enforcement officers such as police officers to help reduce the rate of speeding within the United States. In the modified annotated bibliography it states that speed cameras are effective but it is the way in which it is used makes it effective. Statistics have proven from studies that in the United States one out of every three accidents is due to speeding. This study was compared to studies that were done in Australia and Europe which proves

According to an article, Effectiveness Of Speed Cameras In Preventing Road Traffic Collisions And Related Casualties: Systematic Review written by Pilkington & Kinra (2005) around the world every year approximately 1.2 million people die because of road related incident and up to 50 million people are injured or become disabled because of traffic collisions. It is estimated in a study done in the peer review journal by Pilkington & Kinra (2005) that road traffic collisions would move from the ninth place to the third in relation to the amount of deaths that occur per year as the years goes by. According to the article speed cameras are increasingly used to aid in the reduction of traffic speeds in belief that it may reduce road collision that has been happening and may occur. In another study that was done in the same article it stated that after the induction of speed cameras it was found that road collision was reduced by a 17 percent

(2010) , it goes beyond to hinder the fact that not only does the traffic enforcement camera is useful in terms of creating revenue but it goes beyond that to prove the point that there are different components that also relates to the issue of reducing accidents on the roads. In the modified annotated bibliography it is stated that the article speaks about the apprehension of offenders being a key component that needs to be maximized in order for the use of traffic enforcement cameras to be effective. The author goes on to explain that by these offenders being off the nation’s roadway it with not make the traffic enforcement program seem as though there sole purpose is to raise revenue. This article examines speed camera enforcement data from the City of Edmonton. The study from this data proved that by catching offender significantly affect the reduction in crashes on the roads which was beyond the deterrent effect in which the cameras were put in place