Alabama Insurance

Some advice for motorists in Montgomery: Starting today, as you approach slow down traffic lights. There is a very good chance that the driver before they meet at their brakes, do not forget that they can use the version of the city Hidden camera.

The city plans to activate the red light cameras at seven intersections. During April, the company operates, the cameras would send warning citations to injure. Then citations come with an order of $ 50 civilians. And if you have a third citation in 12 months, a period, the fine is doubled.

Studies have shown a significant decrease in prostitution, exploitation, whether the cameras are installed. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety studied the use of cameras in Fairfax, Va., and Oxnard, California, and found that red light with damage of about 40 percent.

It is interesting to note that the reduction of red light injuries also declined at the crossroads, where the device is not in use was in most cities that have them. Thus, it would probably be wise for Montgomery drivers to be especially cautious in the weeks to come at all intersections with traffic lights because other drivers can take the brakes of the whole city.

Some studies have shown that the use of red light cameras have led to a slight increase in rear end collisions, especially until the driver gets used to them. For example, a recent study by the Federal Highway Administration classified red camera programs in seven cities. He noted that the overall failures at right angles decreased by 25 percent, while the rear-end collisions increased by 15 percent.

But right-angle crashes - the dreaded “T-Bone” crashes - is by far the deadliest malls. Reducing the number of deaths and drastically reduces the most serious injuries.

And while studies show a sharp drop in the right angle fails, not all of them have shown increases in rear end collisions. An international study which is devoted to the efficiency of the red light, Australia, Singapore and the United States was reduced by 16 percent for all types of injuries and failures reduced to 24 cent in the right angle for the failure. But the study is unable to find a statistically significant variation in the rear of breakdowns.

The cameras are in Montgomery on the following interfaces: Carter Hill Road and Crawford Street, Norman Bridge Road and Fairview Avenue, Bell Road and Vaughn Road, Ann Street and Highland Avenue, and Vaughn Taylor Road Road, South Boulevard and Highway Troy, Boulevard South and Woodley Road. (For a map of locations, visit montgomeryadvertiser.com.)

While prostitution cameras are now in Alabama, they are far from cutting-edge technology. According to the Institute of Insurance, prostitution cameras are distributed in more than 300 communities in the United States alone.

(Note to mayors Bright: Speed cameras also are sold in more than 30 countries. Advisory Gov. Riley: Illinois radars used for highway construction in areas where the costs of some of these guards, who often rely on them for long periods).

We ask drivers to use Montgomery attention at the crossroads, in the coming weeks. And we remind those who expressed concern about the citations contained in the e-mail is that it is a good way to ensure that this does not happen: Slow down-neck, as a crossroads, and ready to stop, if the light changes. In fact, you had to be done, even though, in the absence of a red light camera.