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<br />e <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />Automated Enforcement Test Program <br />City or Richardson, Texas <br />June 2000 <br /> <br />Bac~ground <br />. The City of Richardson, Texas conducted a test in January and <br />February of 1999 to see if photographic traffic monitoring of <br />signalized intersections is a viable means of helping to reduce the <br />epidemic of traffic signal disregard. <br />· Automated Enforcement Cameras currently in use in San Francisco <br />and Beverly Hills have experienced 42% and 58% decreases in red- <br />light violations respectively. Oxnard, California has reported a <br />"spillover" effect and red light running accidents were reduced by <br />22% citywide after one year. <br /> <br />Equipment <br />· Equipment manufactured by TRUVELO manufacturers of Madrid, <br />South Africa was loaned to the City for the purpose of this test. <br />· Equipment used sensors that determine when a vehicle enters the <br />intersection along with sensors that interface with the traffic light to <br />determine if a violation has occurred. The equipment then records the <br />violation in both image and data formats. Each violation generates <br />two photos; one. at the beginning of the violation and one as the <br />vehicle leaves the intersection. Data of location, date, time, speed, <br />amber time and red time are stamped on each photo. <br /> <br />Test Site <br />. Test site was located at Campbell Rd. east ofUS75. <br />. Only the three westbound lanes were photographed due to limitations <br />of the camera lens and road sensors. <br />. These lanes carry an average of 16,200 vehicles daily. <br />. For six months prior to this test almost weekly police enforcement <br />occurred at this location, resulting in a dramatic rise in red' light <br />citations. Since May 1997, over 10,000 citations have been issued <br />for running red lights citywide. <br />