SafeLight Lafayette SafeSpeed Lafayette A Bottom Up Approach

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1 SafeLight Lafayette SafeSpeed Lafayette A Bottom Up Approach

2 Background Active Consideration Since 1998 Electronic Enforcement Study Funded With Safety Funds /La DOTD ($80,000) Dr Sun, ULL, was Principal Author (2004 to 2006) Inventoried Existing &Traveled (Do not Reinvent) North Carolina (8 Cities) Arizona (8 Cites, 2 Vendors) Ordinances Red Light Running / Speeding (2006) Proceeded with Request for Proposals 4 Vendors, Selected RedFlex / Negotiated Contract (408 pages) Implementation Commenced 6+ months

3 Es Locations Selected From an Engineering Perspective Did not recognize political boundaries

4 New Crash Data to Determine current Locations New Council Engaged in this issue! City Police Crash Database ,551 crash records 7,244 at intersections 2,262 right angle crashes Normalized frequency and rate

5 SafeLight SafeSpeed Intersection

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8 First Violation

9 Close

10 Red For Seconds

11 Red for 44 Seconds

12 First Crash Red for 5.77 Sec.

13 Warning Period One Location 56 Violation in 20 Days Seconds into Red Seconds Afte Red Series Sequence Number

14 SafeSpeed Mobile Vans

15 Screen View of Incident Data Speed Van Images

16 Screen View of Incident Data Speed Van Images

17 Violation Notice Document

18 Engineering Question: Where should they Go and who decides? City Police Crash Database ,667 crash records 14,021 at intersections 2,042 right angle crashes Normalized frequency and rate

19 3 Options or Coupons Admit and pay the fine Nominate a driver Schedule an Adjudication Hearing

20 Table of Fines

21 Speeder Hits the Brakes #1

22 Speeder Hits the Brakes #2

23 Statistics 4,262 SafeLight notices since Jan ,912 SafeSpeed notices since Oct ,194 Notices since Oct 2007 (2,061/week) 408 Camera weeks in notices printed per camera week Total Police Dept violations before SafeSpeed SafeLight = 3,973 for 2007 (76 per week, all locations)

24 Statistics Number of SafeLight Notices Printed as of 4 PM Bertrand / Dulles College / Johnston Johnston / Woodvale Gloria Switch / I 49 Frontage SafeLight Moss / Pont Des Mouton Moss / Simcoe Mudd / Moss Pinhook / Simcoe University / I 10 Ramp University / Simcoe January February March April May June July August * * * September * * * October * * * November * * * December * * * TOTAL * = removed TOTAL

25 Statistics Number of SafeSpeed Notices Printed as of 4 PM Bertrand / Dulles College / Johnston Johnston / Woodvale Gloria Switch / I 49 Frontage Moss / Pont Des Mouton Moss / Simcoe SafeSpeed Mudd / Moss Pinhook / Simcoe University / I 10 Ramp Speed Van 1 University / Simcoe Speed Van 2 October November December (fixed speed began Dec 7) January February March April May June July August * * * September * * * October * * * November * * * December * * * TOTAL * = removed TOTAL

26 Public / Media Relations - Challenges Approval

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29 Arizona: Photo Ticket Server Dishes Out Racial Slurs Video catches officer of the Arizona court system dishing out a racial slur to the recipient of a speed camera ticket. A process server hired by an Australian photo radar vendor was caught dishing out racial slurs as he delivered a speed camera ticket to an American family of Mexican descent in Queen Creek, Arizona. A.J. Arnette, a private contractor with AAA Landlord Services working on behalf of Redflex and the Arizona courts, drove to the home of a motorist accused of driving 7 MPH over the speed limit to provide formal service of the violation notice. "You're a [expletive] wetback, go back to Mexico!" Arnette yelled as he tossed the citation notice onto the ground and drove away.

30 Arizona Speed Camera Van Pulled Over for DUI Speed camera van busted for DUI in Scottsdale, Arizona. A speed camera van driver in Scottsdale, Arizona was arrested Saturday at 6:30pm, accused of driving under the influence of alcohol (DUI). A retired police officer spotted Roderick Ruffin, 53, driving erratically on Scottsdale Road and dialed 911. Ruffin had been behind the wheel of an official van registered to the Australian photo radar contractor Redflex Traffic Systems and was headed toward Tempe about to begin issuing automated speeding tickets to other motorists on that city's behalf. "He's weaving all over the place," the concerned motorist explained to the 911 operator. "He's hit the curb twice. He's almost hit other vehicles in the number one lane." Before Ruffin could reach his destination, however, Scottsdale Police intercepted the photo enforcement van. "When the officer contacted the driver, he could smell alcohol on the driver's breath," Scottsdale Police said in a prepared statement. "The officer asked the driver to perform the standard field sobriety tests, the results of which indicated impairment." Ruffin was booked after police testing showed his blood alcohol content (BAC) appeared to exceed 0.15, well beyond the legal limit. Redflex terminated Ruffin's employment upon learning of what the company called an apparent "reckless lapse of judgment." "The company deeply regrets and apologizes to the community for the incident, and expresses its gratitude to the Scottsdale Police for making the arrest and removing the offending driver from the road," Redflex said in a statement.

31 Tony Tramel - CAUGHT ON TAPE - Listen Here A Lafayette, Louisiana city official was caught on tape last week laughing at motorists behind closed doors with an independent hearing officer and a representative from a speed camera vendor. The conversation followed an adjudicatory hearing where Mark and Phil Abshire successfully beat a pair of photo radar tickets by showing the city cited the wrong ordinance on the citations issued. Lafayette City Traffic and Transportation Director Tony Tramel joined independent adjudicator Fred Davis and an unidentified employee, likely of Redflex, in discussing the twins' case. - thenewspaper.com

32 Class Action Lawsuit - Joey Durel Sued Over Redflex

33 F e d e r a l L a w s u it

34 Public Opinion Poll n=403 Only 1.7% of the residents think that red light running is not a problem in Lafayette. Only 3.7% of the residents think that speeding is not a problem in Lafayette. 86% believe that red light running is extremely or very dangerous to drivers and passengers. 70% believe that speeding is extremely or very dangerous to drivers and passengers. 55% of residents have witnessed increased red light running in recent years.

35 Public Opinion Poll n=403 The majority agreed with this statement I want cameras because they make drivers pay more attention 76% agree with the use of cameras for red light monitoring only 21% disagree with use. 77% feel safer with cameras. 68% agree with the use of cameras for speed monitoring, 28% disagree. However, 72% said they feel safer with the cameras for speed. If put to a vote today 66% would vote to keep the cameras

36 Before and After 1 Year

37 Before and After ( through ) Total Crashes at Non SafeLight Locations Within 100 ft Total Crashes Before 560 After 329 Difference 231 Percent Change -41% 300 Before 200 After Total Rear End Head On Right Angle Side Swipe

38 Before and After Total Crashes at SafeLight Locations Within 100 ft Total Crashes Before 64 After 27 Difference 37 Percent Change -58% Before After 0

39 Responses to Crashes By Acadian Ambulance Cummulative y = x R² = y = x R² = Cummulative Responses to 2007 Crashes 800 Cummulative Responses to 2008 Crashes 600 Linear (Cummulative Responses to 2007 Crashes) 400 Linear (Cummulative Responses to 2008 Crashes) Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

40 SafeLight and SafeSpeed Lafayette For additional information contact: Tony Tramel Travis Smith or SafeLight SafeSpeed Local Office: