Just the term red light traffic tickets make most California automobile drivers cringe. It used to be hard enough just to keep your eyes out for cops or highway patrol and make sure you stayed at that red light until it was 100% safe to proceed through the intersection. Now, however it has become even more difficult because, in many California cities, law enforcement has implemented the ?red light camera? technology.



According to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety,

?22 percent of all traffic accidents in the United States are caused by drivers running red lights. Every year, these accidents kill some 800 people and rack up an estimated $7 billion dollars in property damage, medical bills, lost productivity and insurance hikes. And this sort of traffic violation seems to be on the rise. In many areas, red-light violations have increased by 10 percent or more since the 1980s.

To curb this trend, more and more cities are installing red-light cameras. These fully automated devices collect all of the evidence authorities need to prosecute light-runners. If a camera catches you speeding through the intersection, you can expect a ticket (along with a photograph of the violation) to arrive in your mailbox a month or two later. In this article, we'll look at the basic elements in these systems to find out how they catch drivers red-handed.

Red-light systems rely on some sophisticated technology, but conceptually they are very simple. ?

For more information on this technology please visit Insurance Institute for Highway Safety.

With statistics like that, we encourage you to avoid getting a red light ticket all together! These statistics also change some drivers? minds about the motive for installing these cameras. Many Californians think that the cameras were installed simply as a way to improve revenue for the city. But these statistics paint a very different picture about red light tickets.

If you were unfortunate enough to be ?caught on tape?, be more careful! You do not want to be one of those statistics. In the meantime, to deal most effectively with the red light ticket that you have, call us today at 800.850.8038, or take a few short minutes to fill out our submission form to get your process started to have your red light traffic tickets dismissed. And remember, camera or not, cop or highway patrol or not, try to avoid rushing the red light and respect the statistics above.