CAMERA TO KEEP EYE ON DRIVERS AT INTERSECTION.Byline: Jason Kandel Staff Writer Hoping to cut traffic collisions, police plan to activate a red light camera today at Sherman Way and Winnetka Avenue, the San Fernando San Fernando, city, Argentina San Fernando (săn fərnăn`dō), city (1991 pop. 144,761), Buenos Aires prov., E Argentina. It is a district administrative center in the Greater Buenos Aires area. Valley's first. So far this year, four people have been killed across the Valley as a result of someone running a red light. Eight people died in 1999, while three perished in 1998, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Los Angeles Police Department "LAPD" and "L.A.P.D." redirect here. For other uses, see LAPD (disambiguation).  This article or section is written like an . statistics. The camera is designed to snap photos of cars that run red lights. After a 30-day grace period, police mail violators citations: $271 for running a red light. ``It is an extra set of eyes,'' said Sgt. Dale Turner Dale Turner is a character on the post-apocalyptic drama Jericho. He inherited Gracie Leigh's supermarket. He is played by Erik Knudsen. Dale is a teenage boy who lived in a trailer park with his mother and worked at Gracie's Market in Jericho, Kansas. , head of the Community Traffic Services Unit in the Valley Traffic Division. ``We want to get the message across that there are serious consequences to running red lights. Hopefully this is going to save lives.'' Officials hope to have cameras mounted at 16 of the most dangerous intersections citywide in 2001. Officials with the Department of Transportation; Lockheed Martin For the former company, see . Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) is a leading multinational aerospace manufacturer and advanced technology company formed in 1995 by the merger of Lockheed Corporation with Martin Marietta. , which supplied the technology; and the Police Department chose the Winnetka-Sherman Way intersection based on its accident history and traffic flow. ``It may not be the intersection with the most accidents or the highest traffic flow, but it meets certain criteria,'' said Officer Denny Huddleston. ``It's not a minor intersection.'' At the Winnetka-Sherman Way intersection alone, authorities have recorded 16 crashes so far this year. Of that number, one was due to someone running a red light, authorities said. Twenty-three crashes were recorded there last year, four of which were due to someone running a red light. In addition to the Valley, authorities will begin enforcement at three other intersections across the city: Third Street and Vermont Avenue Vermont Avenue is one of the longest running north/south streets in Los Angeles. Located just west of the Harbor Freeway for the major portion south of downtown Los Angeles, it starts in Griffith Park at the Greek Theatre in the Los Feliz neighborhood as a one-lane divided road (it , Wilshire and Westwood boulevards, and Figueroa Street Figueroa Street is a street in Los Angeles County, California. It runs in a north/south direction for a length of more than 30 miles (48 km) between the Los Angeles communities of Eagle Rock and Wilmington. and Imperial Highway. Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. authorities will model their program after Oxnard, where 11 intersections have cameras, installed three years ago after five people died in one year in 1996 as a result of red light runners, police there said. Councilwoman Laura Chick supports the effort. ``I'm sorry people seem to have to be reminded that driving is a privilege, not a right,'' said Chick, a candidate for city controller in April. ``This is not about making money for the city, this is about protecting and saving lives.'' CAPTION(S): photo Map: First Valley red light photo |
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