Articles filed under Traffic Cameras
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Says the Rolling Meadows red-light camera is a 'canker'Jun 13, 2016 5:00 am - The town of Rolling Meadows has a canker in its midst. It is the red-light camera at Kirchoff and Plum Grove that is designed to catch unsuspecting motorists in order to...
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Deer Park latest suburb to end red-light camerasMay 09, 2016 2:31 pm - Deer Park next month will become the latest suburb to disconnect red-light cameras. Citing inconclusive crash data since the two cameras were installed at Rand Road and ...
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Streamwood red-light cameras go operational May 1Apr 06, 2016 2:18 pm - Updated April 6 to clarify that two red light cameras already operate at the intersection. Two new red-light cameras at the intersection of Route 59 and Route 19 in...
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Are red-light camera crash results inflated?Jan 26, 2016 5:31 am - Red-light cameras began proliferating at suburban intersections in 2009 with the justification that they would prevent crashes. The same year, the Illinois Department of...
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Did red-light cameras cut crashes? Not always, analysis showsJan 29, 2016 9:33 am -
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Local Republican tries to do away with red-light camerasJan 23, 2015 11:40 am - A suburban Republican wants to do away with the state law that allows red-light cameras to spy on drivers. State Rep. David McSweeney, a Barrington Hills Republican, int...
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Speed-camera backlash has towns scraping for cashJan 04, 2015 6:39 am - Municipalities that installed traffic cameras to boost revenue are scraping for cash to fill budget gaps after complaints by irate drivers forced them to cancel their us...
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Constable: Tollway death counts are more than numbersDec 10, 2014 8:33 am - The first time I saw one of those grim Illinois expressway signs was in 2012. I was merrily driving to the family farm in Indiana to visit my mom when I spotted a roadsi...
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Dist. 15, Rolling Meadows police crack down on drivers who ignore bus signsAug 14, 2014 9:36 pm - A supplier of red-light cameras has found a new client: suburban school districts. RedSpeed Illinois Inc. is testing a camera that catches drivers blowing through a spec...
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Traffic camera fines not put to good useFeb 24, 2014 4:00 am - The old saying of only time will tell could not be any more true than in Elk Grove Village. Approximately five years ago (Mayor) Craig Johnson decided it was a good idea...