{"id":273203,"date":"2010-02-03T10:33:00","date_gmt":"2010-02-03T15:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c630a53ef0120a8578d0c970b"},"modified":"2010-02-03T10:33:00","modified_gmt":"2010-02-03T15:33:00","slug":"l-a-wants-to-double-red-light-camera-program-safety-measure-or-revenue-generator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/273203","title":{"rendered":"L.A. wants to double red-light camera program: safety measure or revenue generator?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Red light camera\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/media\/photo\/2010-02\/52003198.jpg\" style=\"FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 8px; WIDTH: 233px; HEIGHT: 214px\" title=\"Red light camera\"><\/img><a href=\"http:\/\/latimesblogs.latimes.com\/lanow\/talk-back\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"http:\/\/latimesblogs.latimes.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c630a53ef0120a7ff41ff970b-pi\" src=\"http:\/\/latimesblogs.latimes.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c630a53ef0120a7ff41ff970b-500pi\" style=\"FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 4px\" title=\"Talk back L.A.\"><\/img><\/a> They&#8217;ve raised the price of parking tickets. They&#8217;ve added fees for moving violations. They&#8217;ve jacked up the price of &quot;fix-it&quot; tickets.<\/p>\n<p>Now officials might have found another way to generate revenues from naughty drivers.<\/p>\n<p>Los Angeles is considering a major expansion of its red-light traffic camera program, which officials report netted more than $6 million last year after expenses. The number of intersections covered by the cameras could eventually double in L.A. to 64, The Times&#8217; Rich Connell <a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/news\/local\/la-me-redlight-camera3-2010feb03,0,1459161.story\">reported today.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>While adding more cameras could offer a welcome boost to city revenue in the midst of a fiscal crisis, officials say any expansion will be based on safety considerations. Complaints from some drivers have grown louder as red-light ticket fines have climbed sharply in recent years. They now total more than $500 in Los Angeles County when traffic school fees are included. But LAPD officials and some experts say photo enforcement reduces potentially serious red-light-running accidents, changes driver behavior for the better and frees up patrol officers for other tasks. <br \/><\/br><\/p>\n<p>What do you think? Should the red-light camera program expand? Share your thoughts below.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212; Shelby Grad<\/p>\n<p><em>Photo credit: Marc Martin \/ Los Angeles Times<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>They&#8217;ve raised the price of parking tickets. They&#8217;ve added fees for moving violations. They&#8217;ve jacked up the price of &quot;fix-it&quot; tickets. Now officials might have found another way to generate revenues from naughty drivers. Los Angeles is considering a major expansion of its red-light traffic camera program, which officials report netted more than $6 million [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4131,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-273203","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273203","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4131"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=273203"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273203\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=273203"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=273203"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=273203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}