Orlando city commissioners on Monday approved a plan to install 35 new red light cameras at city intersections by next summer in an effort to reduce dangerous crashes and improve roadway safety. The program, which issues fines to drivers who are caught running red lights, is also meant to deter repeat bad behavior.
Currently, the city’s Orlando STOPS program has 45 red light cameras installed at 25 intersections across Orlando — representing just 5 percent of the city’s total number of intersections. Targeted intersections for the cameras are chosen through crash and fatality data that shows the intersections have historically posed a “heightened safety risk,” according to the city.
Orlando is one of at least 38 different municipalities across Florida that has this kind of red light camera program in place, according to an estimate from the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, including Orange County, Maitland, Winter Park, Kissimmee and Ocoee…