XPost: phl.media, pa.politics   
   From: kybyrd@pobox.upenn.edu   
      
   On Sun, 26 Sep 2004 22:36:56 GMT, mcs  wrote:   
   >   
   >"As Philadelphia prepares to become Pennsylvania's first city to install   
   >red-light cameras at traffic intersections, there is one ugly side effect of   
   >the systems that officials are not promoting.   
   >   
   >In city after city, studies show that, while right-angle accidents drop,   
   >rear-end collisions increase after cameras are installed.   
   >   
   >Drivers, afraid of getting caught on a camera running a red light, hit the   
   >brakes and get rear-ended by the car behind them, studies show.   
      
   Well... truthfully if people would STOP tail-gating this wouldn't quite   
   the concern that it seems to be.   
      
   KByrd   
      
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