PHOENIX — As Peoria becomes the fourth Valley city to get rid of traffic cameras, a group fighting the cameras is trying to convince Mesa to join the ban.
Shawn Dow with camerafraud.com said Thursday he will stop at nothing to get Mesa to end its traffic camera contract with American Traffic Solutions.
"We will file recalls for those people who are eligible for recall and, if they're running for re-election, we will run people against them," Dow said. "There is no need for this council to renew this contract."
Peoria's red-light cameras will stop snapping photos of violators on Oct. 3.
The city won't renew its contract with Redflex Traffic Systems after learning from police that crashes at monitored intersections actually increased during the three-year pilot program.
Peoria police said in a Tuesday presentation to City Council that collisions at the four intersections with red-light cameras saw an average increase of 29 percent.
Red-light violations did drop during the pilot period from 2008 to 2010, an average of 64 percent.
The pilot program began in January 2008. Its goal was to decrease crashes and violations.
The Arizona Republic says Peoria is the fourth Phoenix-area city not to renew its photo-enforcement contract in the past year — joining Tempe, Avondale and Glendale.
http://ktar.com/6/1452312/Mesa-next-to-ban-traffic-cams
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