NJ Red Light Camera Pilot Program Comes Up On Expiration Date
SPRINGFIELD, N.J. (CBSNewYork) - There are 73 red light cameras in New Jersey and come next month, none of them will be used.
"The law that established the red light camera program called for a five-year pilot program," Department of Transportation Spokesman Steve Shapiro told WCBS 880's Peter Haskell.
The program expires on December 16.
In Springfield, where a camera sits at the intersection of Morris and Maple avenues, drivers are thrilled.
"That's awesome. I'm really happy about that," one driver said.
Haskell: "Do you think these cameras make the intersections safer?
Woman: "No, I think people actually speed up."
Supporters feel drivers are less likely to run red lights if there is a camera.
In August, a state judiciary spokeswoman announced one of the operators of red light cameras in New Jersey, American Traffic Solutions, was having computer
An ATS spokesman says a server configuration
Because of that, the 17,000 violations were not served and fall outside the mandated 90-day notification window.
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