When turning right, we hardly see anyone actually stop for the red light. Temple Terrace is using red light cameras and fines to dissuade us from rolling on through, and they find that about 90% of their camera citations are for right turners.
Tampa chief of staff Darrell Smith says “red light running is a real problem in the area and we believe that if there’s an opportunity to alleviate that problem we should explore it.” So public works and utilities administrator Steve Daignault says the City of Tampa is “in the process of studying the effectiveness of” red [...]
St. Pete Times reporter John Barry took a look at how the red-light running camera works in Temple Terrace. Cameras are installed at the intersection of 56th St. and Bullard Pkway (aka Busch Blvd. AND Temple Terrace Highway) as well as the intersection of Fowler Av. and 56th St. Most of the offenders are turning “Right on [...]
Hillsborough County Commissioners unanimously agreed to red light cameras on Thursday. The Tribune notes: … 10 Hillsborough County intersections will get red light cameras that supporters say save lives and detractors claim cause more – not fewer – accidents. Red light cameras cause about as many crashes as red lights. Neither are the reason for [...]
After he got the signal that it was ok to proceed, Macelin Azor crossed West Main Street on Sunday afternoon in his motorized wheelchair. Seemingly out of nowhere, a pickup slammed into him from his left, sending his wheelchair rolling and killing him. Jermaine DeWhite Anderson drove a pickup down West Main Street, and ran [...]
We’ve talked before about crashes at intersections (we need to update our map of Tampa’s High Crash Locations), and Dave Balut recently highlighted Tampa Bay’s most dangerous intersections. The most common reason for a crash is drivers running a traffic control device. Makes sense – even our elected officials run red lights. In addition, [...]
