The Brief
- A video compilation, released by Lakeland police, shows the worst violators captured by their red-light cameras within the last few months.
- Out of the more than 50,000 violations reviewed last year, only 47% were approved.
- The biggest contributing factor is distracted driving.
LAKELAND, Fla. – A way that the Lakeland Police Department is trying to reduce the number of traffic homicides and crashes is by using red-light cameras, which have captured serious speeding violations and near-collisions.
A video compilation — released by Lakeland police — shows the worst violators captured by their red-light cameras within the last few months. In one of the clips, a car nearly blows through the red light at Parker Street and Florida Avenue, and runs over a bicyclist who had the right of way.
The city has three officers in their red-light camera unit who review the footage from the nearly two dozen cameras deployed throughout the city and send the violators $158 tickets.
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