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PSA from ATS: Don't Run Red Lights

Posted January 01, 2012 4:11 PM

From Autoblog:

Abiding by traffic signals is perhaps the simplest rule of the road. Any preschooler can tell you what red light means, but that doesn't stop a staggering number of drivers from ignoring the lights altogether. ATS, a company responsible for manufacturing red light cameras, wants us to think a little harder about coming to a complete stop the next time we lose the right of way. The company says that more than 100,000 people are injured in collisions involving a driver who ignored a red light.

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Re: PSA from ATS: Don't Run Red Lights

01/01/2012 7:06 PM

Nothing self-serving in this - Hahaha!

I might point out their devices do not prevent this behavior, they simply allow the municipality to collect from those who do not end up in a collision

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