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Pensacola Installing Red Light Cameras At These Intersections
December 20, 2023
The City of Pensacola will install red light cameras to several intersections to monitor for violations.
The cameras will be installed at:
- 9th and Bayou on the north, south, east and west approaches.
- 9th and Airport on the north, south, east, and west approaches.
- 9th and Fairfield on the east and west bound approaches.
- 9th and Gregory on the west bound approach.
- Davis and Fairfield on the east and west bound approaches.
These intersections were selected based on crash data collected over the past 10 years.
The infractions that will be enforced will be traveling straight through a red light and making a left turn on a red light.
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38 Responses to “Pensacola Installing Red Light Cameras At These Intersections”
I live at 9th and Fairfield and couldn’t tell you the last time there was a wreck there. This is just another big government scheme to take money from citizens.
* don’t let people borrow your car if they won’t pay for a ticket they get
* do obey traffic laws, even if you do like them
* do understand actual facts.
**The cameras in Gulf Breeze have a video online of you running the light, and they can see your car and the light at the same time – so it’s not a cop trusting a computer or a single photo.
**a ruling by a state court in Utah is completely irrelevant to here
**”they’re not stopping all crimes, so let’s not do this” is a really stupid argument. I’d love more cops writing legitimate tickets for other offenses, but that doesn’t absolve guilt for running red lights
Sounds good to me. Maybe it’ll help. These people stop running lights. Maybe a little better the city. Maybe people just need a abide by the law.
Not about safety about the all mighty $$$$$$$ can be beat in court
Looks like you’ll be fine as long as you avoid 9th avenue or Fairfield…………..no problem as I detest both of those roads anyway!
Ok, y’all. It didn’t work for milton because of a law suit…it shouldn’t work for Pensacola…just saying!
https://www.mysuncoast.com/2023/12/22/proposal-filed-ban-red-light-cameras-florida/
As politicians I other areas have come to the realization that these cameras are not productive in the long run, Pensacola proves, yet again, it is behind the times.
Part of the reason people run red lights is because someone in a line in front at the light is on their cell phones either talking or texting and they’re not paying attention. People…..PLEASE be considerate and PUT the phone down while you’re behind the wheel. Texting and driving is against the law.
Thomas Wallace: “If you are not breaking the law in the first place you have no worries from a camera.”
Maybe you have not studied the issue well. I personally know someone who let somebody they thought was a friend use their car. The said friend ran TWO camera lights. Now the person I know gets the ticket because it’s their car. The car OWNER has to pay the fine unless they can prove they were not driving by having the actual driver sign an affidavit admitting they were driving. If the actual driver does not sign guess who in on the hook? Did you also know that study after study has shown that accidents go UP when cameras are used not down. But ticket revenue goes UP.
Unconstitutional.
The state of Utah ruled photo enforcement is unconstitutional in the 1990s because you can’t cross examine a photo. The police officer in court defending the ticket isn’t the accuser. Citing/defending state law is moot due to being inferior to constitutional law (see Article 6 Section 2 of US Constitution). It has been proven over and over again the businesses that own the cameras are the ones profitting, traffic accidents have almost nil reduction, and yellow lights are reduced to the minimum 3 seconds required under federal law so that more people are cited. This is a money grab for a company, not a risk mitigation. Escambia County won’t receive much revenue either. Lawyers will love defending these cases so they can pad the Ws and pay the bills. Too bad nobody is going to go after Escambia County for this one.
You wouldn’t need cameras if you didn’t have to wait at a red light for 2 or 3 green to red cycles at EVERY intersection
This didn’t work in Cleveland Ohio, it didn’t work in Bradenton FL., it only produces revenue for the company installing the cameras. It produced lots of court cases because no law officer was present. They then had an officer “review” each infraction. It didn’t cut down on accidents, rear enders increased, and it’s correct that the yellow caution light was time decreased causing further speeding up. Give it two years and they will shut this program down.
Deep State.
I agree with JJ. University parkway & Davis hwy. My light had turned green & as I was driving across Davis hwy ( at 11:20 pm) a Escambia county sheriff’s office deputy had run a red light & he came inches of hitting the rear end of my car. He didn’t have any lights or siren on & he was going below the speed limit & that wasn’t the only time. That’s dangerous intersection. There has been real close calls at that intersection. I kind of wish he would of hit my car.
The problem is when you go through on a yellow, yet you still receive a ticket. This was a issue with a camera that they had for years at a Gulf Breeze intersection near the Andrews Institute and Whataburger on Hwy 98.
If you do the research, the cameras are placed at little or no cost to the city. Camera company gets paid by revenue from tickets that are split between them and city. The trick and fact is, they set the yellow light to the minimum seconds allowed by law so green to red is a lot faster than we are used to.
Agreed, if you aint breaking the law you have nothing to worry about, but beware these fast yellows are for a reason.
Pensacola only had to look as far as Milton and Gulf Breeze to see the cameras have been removed from those municipalities due to expense and lack of deterring drivers. Another note, based on a lot of these comments, there is an overwhelming ignorance when it comes to personal rights based on an individual in a public or a private setting.
Ow about cameras at University and Davis hiway for the ones(rude idiots) that block the intersections and lanes when light changes. Many times I have been blocked on my green light!!!
There are more rear collision, but the idea it to reduce side impact collisions. Side collisions cause more physical damage to vehicle and serious injury and/or fatalities. My husband was killed by someone running a red light. Florida State Statue 326.0083 has been upheld by the state supreme court as legal. Gulf ,Breeze has 4 intersection with cameras. 1. You get notice to pay the base fine and a due date.If not paid you get citation in the mail to pay full fine of $264.00. When it because a citation that means the clerk of courts can suspend your license for nonpayment. Much of statute info is on my Florida.com. There allot info on how this works for the city, but I don’t feel like typing that much.
Maybe too many red lights get ran through because they are not timed properly for the flow. Too many of these lights have 10/12 cars and only allow 8 or 9 before they are cutting off the flow. Improper/poorly conducted study of the timing may have been the reason all along
I’d wager that everyone complaining about “they give a ticket to the car” is an aggressive driver who wants an excuse when they get ticketed.
Follow the law, *don’t tailgate while driving too fast,* and you’ll be fine.
Granted, I’d rather see speed cameras taking licenses away from people who do 90 on the bridge, but any move to help enforce laws is good
Keep this in mind only the registered owner will receive the moving citation not the driver. So guilty till proven innocent.
Nice, they will take a picture from a camera at an intersection with no officer in site. Send you a ticket. Yet. You can run a School bus stop arm and flashing Red Stop lights and nothing can be done . They won’t even consider pulling our forward facing cameras. We could give them a tag number and all. They tell us no officer witness the violation therefore no ticket can be given. Seems to me they just do not want to deal with the school bus issues.
To Everyone Concerned: Automobile insurance has increased in the Pensacola area due to the amount of accidents reported in this area and accidents from running red lights. The cameras take a photo of your tag when you run the red light, then send you the bill in the mail. NO matter who is driving the vehicle….YOU are responsible for paying the bill. If you let someone drive your car, you then have to deal with that person to pay the bill.
@miixster, “ the downside was that rear end collisions soared from people slamming on brakes to avoid running the light”
When my father taught me defensive driving skills, he explained the importance of anticipating an extended green light changing to red. He called it a “stale” green light. If you’re following the speed limit, you can begin to prepare to brake, and avoid slamming the brakes, which can lead to rear end collisions.
The complaining you are reading is likely from aggressive drivers, not defensive drivers.
No one is mentioning the reason for these cameras: Running red lights, which is ILLEGAL. Follow the uniform traffic code, and you’ll have nothing to fret over.
It’s amusing to read the complaints about accusations of government overreach when the purpose here is to protect people from being t-boned, with accompanying loss of life and/or serious injury. In other words, people are complaining that the government is going to capture illegal activity on camera and fine them for it. Funny thing, you support cameras and punishment for other crimes you do not commit, but not for crimes you commit.
Kudos, City of Pensacola!
can’t remember the name of the town, but somewhere in Texas they tried this. it worked very well. people quit running the lights to the point that the city couldn’t afford the lease on the cameras. the downside was that rear end collisions soared from people slamming on brakes to avoid running the light
wasteful. band aid for bigger problem. Cameras on them sounds better.
I agree with Thomas Wallace…mostly. I’ve received citations from a south Florida camera that erred in the license plate number and had to fight it (I haven’t been in the Lauderdale area since 1978 or so)
@Molino – they don’t have to prove who’s driving; the vehicle’s registered owner is responsible
Doesn’t matter what they put up. You can’t enforce a citation when you can’t prove who’s driving the vehicle. They don’t have good enough cameras to to positively identify you at speed from a distance. Only ones this will work for are those gullible enough to admit to it.
When the monthly cost of operation exceeds the revenue, which has been the case of many red light cameras, what action will be taken?
Put’m up…. Fire’m up… Ok w/ me…. I don’t transit that part of the county… Y’all all want this sorta stuff until it comes to your neck of the woods
Should’ve picked Davis and Brent intersection. See the most blown lights at that one.
If you are not breaking the law in the first place you have no worries from a camera.
Any excuse to put up more Camaras.
If it’s not OK to use cameras at intersections, how is it OK to use them in for security measures at homes and businesses?
Every citizen has a RIGHT to face their accuser. Do tell how am I to face off with a camera? The roads are crumbling, so let’s spend money on increasing revenue from working citizens to pay for more revenue collection schemes.
Your yellow light intervals are not timed properly. You do not follow the standard timing for lights. You shorten the lights times against the federal standards in order to increase revenue from tickets.
Can I put a live stream camera in every government office? We want to watch you all the time to ensure you don’t break the law. In this day and age, every government worker needs to be tracked, monitored, and databased.
When I wear a ski mask while driving how can you prove it was me in the photo?
Governments love to waste.
Not a fan.
1984 Orwell her we come