KEEP NEIGHBORHOODS SAFER, BUT WITH TICKETS TOPPING OUT AT
100 BUCKS EACH, SOME
CRITICS SAY ENOUGH IS
ENOUGH.
HERE’S ERIN McLACHLAN.
>> I’VE BEEN TAKEN
ADVANTAGE OF.
UPON.
>> NICKY JORDAN IS FED
UP.
>> THIS WAS ON 7:15.
THIS WAS ON 7/1920
ONE.
>> THOSE AREN’T
SPEEDING TICKETS AND
THEY’RE TICKETS SHE’S
GOTTEN FROM ONE OF
THESE STOP SIGN
CAMERAS.
>> IT REALLY DOES FEEL
LIKE YOU CAN’T GET A
BREAK.
>> THE LIFELONG
WASHINGTON D.C.
RESIDENT SAYS SHE’S
GOTTEN SEVEN TICKETS
FROM THIS ONE STOP
SIGN CAMERA.
SIMILAR TO A RED LIGHT
CAMERA, THEY’RE
CURRENTLY IN USE IN A
HANDFUL OF STATE
ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
THE GOAL, CRACK DOWN
ON DRIVERS LIKE THESE
WHO DON’T COME TO A
COMPLETE STOP.
THE CAMERAS RECORD A
CAR AS IT APPROACHES
THE STOP SIGN.
IF THE LIGHT FLASHES
OR THE CAMERA
PERCEIVES AN
INFRACTION, THAT VIDEO
IS THEN REVIEWED BY A
TEAM.
IF THERE’S A
VIOLATION, THEY SEND
YOU A TICKET IN THE
MAIL.
>> SO IN THIS
SITUATION, THE KEY TO
NOT GETTING A TICKET
IS TO STOP BEFORE THE
LINE.
>> WASHINGTON, D.C.,
WAS AN EARLY ADOPTER
OF STOP SIGN CAMERAS
AND IS NOW EXPANDING
THEIR PROGRAM WITH
DOZENS SCATTERED
ACROSS THE CAPITAL AND
EACH TICKET IS $100 A
POP.
LIKE SOME ESTIMATES,
GENERATING MILLION OF
DOLLARS FOR THE
DISTRICT.
KISHIN SAYS HE HAS
RECEIVED NUMEROUS
COMPLAINTS, BUT
SOMETHING NEEDED TO BE
DONE.
>> HE HAD THE HIGHEST
TRAFFIC FATALITIES IN
15 YEARS IN 2023, AND
SO WE NEEDED TO DO
SOMETHING ABOUT IT.
>> EVEN WHILE WE WERE
TALKING TO HIM -- THE
CAMERA FLASHES OVER
AND OVER.
>> I JUST SAW A
SPLASH.
THERE’S ANOTHER ONE.
>> A LOT OF PEOPLE
THINK THEY’RE BEING
TREATED LIKE CASH
MACHINES.
>> INTERSECTIONS CAN
BE DAUFRJ ROUSE.
A QUARTER OF TRAFFIC
FATALITIES AND
INJURIES APD AT
INTERSECTIONS
ACCORDING TO THE
DEPARTMENT OF TROILGZ.
>> 5700 CRASHES
OCCURRED AT STOP SIGN
INTERVENTIONS BETWEEN
2018 AND TODAY.
>> SHE SAYS THE
CAMERAS HAVE MADE THE
STREETS SAFER.
>> WE ARE LOOKING AT
THE INTERSECTIONS
WHERE WE HAVE THE
CAMERAS INSTALLED AND
WE CAN SEE THERE ARE
FEWER CRASHES AT THOSE
INTERSECTIONS.
>> OTHER CITIES LIKE
NEW YORK CITY AND
BALTIMORE HAVE REACHED
OUT AND WANTING TO
HEAR MORE, BUT NICKY