Friday, April 19, 2013
Brick's fourth proposed camera intersection was on hold
At least until a state pilot program comes to an end, there won't be any more red light cameras in Brick or anywhere else in the Garden State. The New Jersey Department of Transportation announced Thursday that no new locations would be added to the list of authorized red light camera intersections because there would not be sufficient time to gather useful data under the pilot program that is scheduled to end in December 2014. Brick was among the first municipalities in the state to participate in the program, which began in 2009 and has grown to include 76 intersections across the state, three of which are in Brick. Brick is the only Ocean County municipality to participate in the program. "With a pilot program, it's just that, a pilot …
Saturday, December 29, 2012
Payout is expected to be minimal, however
If you received a ticket from one of Brick Township's red light cameras prior to July 2012, you may eventually be owed a refund under a legal settlement struck Friday. But don't expect to be reimbursed anywhere near the $85 you had to pay to settle your own case against the camera. American Traffic Solutions, the vendor of Brick's red light cameras, along with 16 municipalities – including Brick – were sued earlier this year after the state shut down the cameras in those municipalities after finding that a different standard was applied to calculate the length of amber, or yellow, lights than state law required. Though in most cases, including in Brick, the yellow lights were eventually found to have complied with the prescribed standard, …
Thursday, November 29, 2012
Depending on accident type, data shows swings in either direction
A study released this week by the state Department of Transportation shows mixed results for intersections outfitted with red light enforcement cameras. The study, mandated under the law that has temporarily allowed the use of the controversial cameras, looked at two different types of accidents: right angle crashes and same direction crashes. Colloquially, right angle crashes are known as "t-bone" crashes and same direction crashes are known as "rear end" crashes. Red light cameras, such as the ones set up at three major intersections in Brick, are meant to reduce right angle crashes, but have been said to slightly to moderately increase same direction crashes. The study showed significant a decrease in crashes at two intersections, both …
Wednesday, October 10, 2012
Brick safe from 2014 deadline, however
The past several weeks have been dotted with spurts of attention dedicated to the future of red light violation cameras in New Jersey, with lawmakers including Gov. Chris Christie opining on the devices. The debate over the usefulness of the cameras was whisked into the spotlight by Assemblyman Declan O'Scanlon (R-Monmouth) who proposed a bill late last month that would lengthen the amber – or yellow – light by a half-second at intersections outfitted with the cameras, and prohibit a ticket from being issued at all if the violation occurred within a half-second after the traffic light turned red. Last week, the conversation was reignited after O'Scanlon, in an interview with the Newark Star-Ledger, said a study by his office found nearly …
Brick Resident 2
11:22 pm on Monday, April 22, 2013
By lengthening the time a red light stays red after the corresponding green light turns red safety at intersections will increase without the use of tax cameras. It is all a farse. Petition to remove the cameras. There are other solutions. more ›