PENSACOLA, Fla. (WKRG) — In a press conference on Tuesday, Pensacola Mayor D.C. Reeves announced the city was seeing a 21% rise in red light camera violations over the last two months. In February, there were 2,589 violations, while March saw 2,824 violations.
One photo enforced sign alerting drivers of the cameras at intersection Ninth Street and Bayou Blvd. (News 5 photo)
“The numbers continue to be discouraging,” expressed Mayor Reeves.
The red-light cameras installed around Pensacola at the start of the New Year are intended to reduce red-light runners across the city, but that has not yet proven to be the case.
“We’re talking about blatant violations that put people’s lives in danger,” said Mayor Reeves.
There are five red light cameras across the city. Four cameras at intersections along 9th Avenue and a fifth at Davis Highway and Fairfield Drive.
For the past two months, the city has recorded travelers driving North through the intersection of Ninth and Gregory streets. This one approach has had 1,609 violations since being installed, an average of 27 violations per day.
The cost of a red-light ticket is not as expensive as being pulled over by police, with red-light cam tickets costing $158 versus $268 being pulled over.
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