The only thing better than setting up red light cameras and watching the cash flow in is doing so without collecting the required data to prove that the cameras are useful and accurate. Right? Okay, maybe not so much. This is, however, the situation unfolding in Denver, Colorado, where a local newspaper’s detective work has revealed that the contractor hired by the city to manage the cameras has failed to submit contractually-required documentation. What’s more, the city wasn’t even asking for it.
Redflex Traffic Systems of Scottsdale, Arizona is the contractor responsible for installing the red light cameras in Denver, which went into use during the summer of 2008. At the time of the contract, the city of Denver mandated that Redflex maintain and submit data on how well the cameras work at catching red light runners, and said that Redflex would have to reimburse the city if the system operated below 98 percent accuracy.
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