The traffic cameras cost the city of Los Angeles money while having dubious safety benefits. A civilian board has voted to eliminate them, and that makes sense.
Red-light cameras don’t get a lot of love in this town from anybody except the Los Angeles Police Department, but it still came as a surprise Tuesday when the civilian board that oversees the LAPD voted to eliminate them. The decision flies in the face of police statistics showing that accidents and fatalities have fallen dramatically at the 32 intersections where cameras have been installed. But was it the right call? To us, the evidence in favor of the cameras isn’t compelling enough to urge the City Council to keep them running.
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