Pros And Cons Of Installing Automatic Traffic Cameras

In the day to day road transportation sector activities many police officer complain about red light violators. According to a 2010 report The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration states that violating red lights causes hundreds of deaths and thousands of injury annually. In discussion of, both articles to control red light violators by installing automatic traffic light camera. After analyzing responses from both articles I have come to the conclusion that installing automatic traffic light more advantageous than not installing automatic traffic light.
Article one sates that installing automatic traffic light camera can reduce the number of police officer which means saving the cost of hiring additional officers and also, it helps the police officers to focus on duties that require human attention. In addition to this automatic traffic camera has well documented benefits. For example, in a 2010 report by the insurance institute for highway safety red light camera have lower. Moreover, automatic camera discourages the behavior of red light violators. For instance,

Because installing 10 automatic red light camera at a traffic light is the waste of money. It costs at least $60,000 per year for one camera. This money could instead pay the salary of a new officer. It also, creates unexpected costs as well. For example, in New Jersey and New York several cities have been sued over the timing of traffic lights with automatic camera. In addition, the safety benefits of automatic red-light camera are unclear. For instance, a 2005 national highway safety administration report says that some cities using the camera have seen a decrease in front-into-side accidents, but the rare-end collisions have increased. Finally, the article mentioned that traffic police officer is superior to automatic red light