City to vote on using cameras to nab speeders

City to vote on using cameras to nab speeders | www.tucsoncitizen.com ®: "Tucson motorists could fall under the gaze of cameras installed at intersections to catch red-light runners and on vans to catch speeders under a plan the City Council will consider Tuesday.

The Tucson Police Department could launch a yearlong program testing a variety of cameras along city streets if the council approves it.

A public hearing would take place before the vote.

Police Lt. Mike Pryor said cameras would not be used for surveillance and would capture only images of motorists speeding or running red lights.

Last year the department responded to 16,000 collisions in which 5,000 people were injured and 57 killed.

Pryor said those numbers can be reduced with photo radar enforcement targeting speeders and red-light runners.

'All those things cause crashes and cause them to be worse,' he said. 'When you increase traffic awareness, people commit fewer violations.'"