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Hello Vancouverites, you may have heard about an upcoming motion in Vancouver council that calls for the installation of speed and red light cameras at more of the city's high-crash intersections. On average there are 22 car crashes resulting in death/injury in the city every day. This is a public safety and public health crisis, and automated enforcement with speed and red light cameras is an effective and efficient way to make roads safer.

The motion will be considered on Wednesday, November 1st. You can help by expressing support either by emailing or speaking to council. Here's our guide for doing so: https://visionzerovancouver.ca/intersection-safety-cameras/

Thank you for taking action for safer streets. Share the page and encourage other people you know to do the same!

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[–] joshhsoj1902@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The issue is more that this is neutral being the enemy of good, these cameras don't actually help, but they let the city say they are trying to address the problem without actually addressing the problem.

[–] villasv@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

these cameras don’t actually help

Don’t they, though? Most studies seem to agree they reduce fatal crashes and other types of injury.