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Poll Shows NJ Support of Red Light Cameras

The National Coalition for Safer Roads (NCSR) recently released results from a research poll that indicate New Jerseyans are in favor of red light cameras as a means to increase safety.Meanwhile, Morristown is currently next-in-line for State Department of Transportation inclusion in implementation of red light safety cameras here.The poll, released July 6, found that 77 percent back the use of cameras at busy intersections in New Jersey, with 43 percent saying they ¡°strongly support¡± the cameras.

Among the 600 people polled for the study, 56 percent report they drive more carefully when they know that red light safety cameras are present, according to the release.A new type of underwater digital camera that can bring pictures into focus after they're taken may be hitting the market this fall.The point and shoot camera, as we know it, is becoming less important and many of us are content with our cell phone cameras. Seventy one percent believe other drivers are more careful when safety cameras are present.Japanese office equipment and cheap wireless spy cameras maker Ricoh will buy Hoya Corporation's Pentax digital camera business as it looks to expand its consumer products business.In a statement, the companies said Ricoh would use the Pentax brand.

New Jersey is operating under a five-year pilot program for red light cameras. Seventeen municipalities currently use this technology: Brick, East Brunswick, New Brunswick, Edison, Woodbridge in Middlesex County; Linden and Roselle Park in Union County; Deptford, Monroe and Glassboro in Gloucester County; Stratford, Gloucester Township and Cherry Hill in Camden County; Wayne in Passaic County; Jersey City in Hudson County; Palisades Park in Bergen County and Newark in Essex County.

The Morristown Town Council awarded in February American Traffic Solutions with the contract to begin the process of installing red light traffic cameras at various intersections throughout town.

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