Two months after a deadly crash shook the community, Collier County is adding tiny blue lights to traffic signals at 20 major intersections to help deputies catch drivers running red lights. The hope is that this new system will deter traffic violations and make local roads safer.
The county recently approved the plan at their November 12th meeting.
The system works whereby the blue lights will activate in sync with red lights, serving as an alert for nearby deputies when a driver crosses the intersection when they are not supposed to.
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Blue lights coming to 20 Collier County intersections to deter red light violators
This system is meant to make it easier for deputies to monitor intersections and catch drivers who pose a threat to others.
“The installation of these blue lights at intersections should make our job as law enforcement officers easier to enforce red-light-running violations,” the Collier County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement to Fox 4 News. “The blue lights will allow one deputy to monitor the intersections where before it took multiple deputies to enforce one intersection.”