3 MORE INTERSECTIONS TO GET CAMERAS SURVEILLANCE, CITATION THREAT HAVE CUT DOWN ON RED-LIGHT VIOLATIONS.Byline: JUDY Judy is most commonly a female given name, as well as a shorten form of Judith. It may also refer to:
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SANTA CLARITA Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, -- Red-light cameras will be installed at three additional Santa Clarita intersections after the success of the enforcement system at five busy junctions, city officials said Tuesday. The new intersections that will come under camera surveillance in about three months are Bouquet bouquet a structure resembling a cluster of flowers. Canyon Road and Newhall Ranch ranch, large farm devoted chiefly to raising and breeding cattle, horses, sheep, and goats. The cattle ranch was introduced from Latin America to Texas and the plains of the W United States and Canada. Road, McBean Parkway and Valencia Boulevard, and Sierra Highway Sierra Highway is a road in Southern California, United States. It runs from Tunnel Station near the north limit of the City of Los Angeles, where it intersects with San Fernando Road and Foothill Boulevard, as well as Interstate 5, and continues north to Mojave, mostly paralleling and Soledad Canyon Soledad Canyon is a long narrow canyon / valley located in Los Angeles County, California between the cities of Palmdale and Santa Clarita. Soledad Canyon contains the localities of Vincent, Acton, Ravenna, and Agua Dulce. Road. They made the cut from about 10 that were surveyed. Fewer drivers have run red lights at the five intersections wired with enforcement cameras, prompting expansion of the program. The red-light camera program is not a big moneymaker but seems to be changing drivers' behavior in a big way, city's traffic engineer Andrew Yi said. ``The first six months compared to the second, the number of violations dropped about 40 percent,'' Yi said. ``The devices are causing people to be more cautious or be more alert of red lights.'' About 300 citations are issued each month at the five locations, down from more than 500 month when the program began in July 2004. In 2004, 5,879 citations were issued, and in 2005, 5,332 were issued, said sheriff's Lt. Mike Dunkle. The violation costs drivers $351 in fines. About $147 is paid to the city and $89 is paid to the company that operates the program, which Yi said has been close to revenue-neutral for the city. In the first year, Santa Clarita's share of the fines was $601,000, which was offset by about $543,000 in costs. Concerns that the cameras would actually increase rear-end crashes if drivers slam on Verb 1. slam on - apply carelessly; "slap some paint onto the wall" clap on, slap on apply, put on - apply to a surface; "She applied paint to the back of the house"; "Put on make-up!" their brakes to stop for the cameras have proved unfounded. Sheriff's Detective Tony Arnold also said no fatal collisions have occurred at the wired intersections. Arnold said crashes in town number 170 to 250 a month. Another electronic system -- with no cameras -- allows deputies parked in squad cars near four major intersections to ``see'' whether drivers run the lights. A signal alerts a deputy -- positioned in view of the limit line -- to see when the light facing in the opposite direction has changed from yellow to red. He says the electronic devices are helpful tools. ``As the population goes up and the numbers of businesses (increases), we are not getting a huge increase in collisions -- the per-capita number of collisions has gone down,'' Arnold said. The city's five-year contract with Arizona-based Redflex Traffic Systems Inc. provides for wiring 20 intersections, but Yi said he is not sure whether more cameras are warranted. judy.orourke(at)dailynews.com (661) 257-5255 |
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