Are they or aren't they worth it?

Today's Journal concerning unsafe intersections as it relates to accidents......

Highway ramp site worst for accidents
Ohio 122 at I-75 tops 
in area for accidents. Police say high traffic volume often makes an intersection dangerous.

The intersection at Ohio 122 and Interstate 75 in Middletown is the worst in the area for the most accidents, according to statistics examined by the Middletown Journal.

Police were called to the intersection 51 times for vehicle crashes, accordThe other top worst intersections in Middletown were: Cincinnati-Dayton Road and Oxford State Road and Ohio 122 and Towne Boulevard, both with 30 crashes; Roosevelt Boulevard and Breiel Boulevard, 23 crashes; Roosevelt Boulevard and Highland Street, 19 crashes; Germantown Road and Verity Parkway, 17 crashes; Central Avenue and Breiel Boulevard, 14 crashes; Roosevelt Boulevard and Jackson Lane, 13 crashes; Roosevelt Boulevard and Elliott Road, 12 crashes; Oxford State Road and Breiel Boulevard, 9 crashes and 14th Avenue and Verity Parkway and Central Avenue and North University, 8 crashes each.

While the top three intersections are still the scene of a large number of accidents, Ohio 122 and I-75, Ohio 122 and Towne and Roosevelt and Breiel all had a decrease in the number of crashes from 2009 to 2010. But the city as a whole had a 4 percent increase in total crashes during the same period, according to Sgt. Steve Ream.


NOW, QUESTIONS BEG TO BE ASKED. SOME OF THESE INTERSECTIONS CURRENTLY HAVE OR HAD RED LIGHT VIOLATION CAMERAS SET UP TO PREVENT ACCIDENTS AS THEY WOULD CHALLENGE MOTORISTS NOT TO RUN RED LIGHTS. SINCE THERE STILL SEEMS TO BE A LARGE NUMBER OF ACCIDENTS AROUND THE CITY, ACCORDING TO THIS ARTICLE, HAVE THE RED LIGHTS DONE THEIR JOB AS THE POLICE WOULD HAVE YOU THINK?   OR.......ARE THEY NOT MAKING A POSITIVE CONTRIBUTION AT ALL TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY, BUT RATHER ONLY REVENUE GENERATORS AS MANY OF US SUSPECTED FROM THE OUTSET?

FROM A SAFETY PROSPECTIVE, ISN'T IT TIME THE CITY GET RID OF THE CAMERAS? APPARENTLY, THEY ARE NOTHING MORE THAN REVENUE ENHANCERS.

VietVet wrote: FROM A SAFETY PROSPECTIVE, ISN'T IT TIME THE CITY GET RID OF THE CAMERAS? APPARENTLY, THEY ARE NOTHING MORE THAN REVENUE ENHANCERS.

Vet,

If 35 is the speed limit, please tell me drivers going 25 in a 35 will be ticketed as well.  I know there are laws on the books for impeding traffic, just as there are for speeding.  Many places in town, there are drivers going 5-15 miles under the speed limit....