NMA Community Alert for Buffalo, NY: Red-Light Camera Plans on Hold:
A plan to install red-light cameras at Buffalo, New York's busiest intersections to nab red-light runners is "stuck on yellow," according a July 15th report from the Buffalo News.
The administration of Mayor Byron W. Brown is taking a second look at the cameras and ultimately might decide not to pursue the idea. “We have not made a final decision yet,” said Communications Director Peter K. Cutler. “It has not been abandoned. It’s in abeyance.”
The question is not “when” red-light cameras might begin popping up at 50 busy intersections, but “if” they will be installed, Cutler said.
The Buffalo City Council voted, 5-3, last year to seek state permission to install red-light cameras. The state authorized the program, but city lawmakers emphasized they would need answers to many more questions before giving the project final approval.
The long list of questions raised by Council members includes privacy issues, worries that the cameras might spur an increase in rear-end collisions and suspicions that motorists might be targeted as they legally drive through amber signals.
Now is the time to make your voice heard on this issue--before the mayor or council gather any more steam behind this plan. You can find discussions of the many problems with ticket cameras at http://www.motorists.og/red-light-cameras/, and you can offer your input on red light cameras to Mayor Brown at Mayor@city-buffalo.com, or to your Buffalo Common Council member found here.
Posted by National Motorists Association
