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888.776.8475 | www.atsol.com Making Life Safer and Easier on the Road Ahead ™ SPEEDING DANGERS 9,557 9,773 SPEED-RELATED CRASH FATALITIES INCREASED from 9,283 in 2014 to 9,557 in 2015. 2 FACT A 2016 study of U.S. speed-related crashes from 1993 to 2013 found a definite trend of increased fatality risk when speed limits are raised. A 5 mph increase in the maximum state speed limit was associated with an 8% increase in fatality rates on interstates and freeways and a 4% increase on other roads. 7 FACT Speeding is one of the most prevalent factors contributing to traffic crashes. In 2015, speeding was a contributing factor in 27% of all U.S. crash fatalities, claiming 9,557 lives. 8 FACT Most speed-measuring devices are equally accurate measuring approaching or receding traffic speeds and are accurate to within 1 mph when used properly. 9 FACT There is no presumption of guilt in a ticket issued from camera-based evidence. A citation is a summons. Every person who receives a citation for speeding has the opportunity to contest their ticket, just as they can with a traditional traffic ticket. They may confront the police officer who approves the citation based on photographic evidence and notices the accused within the statute of limitations. Citations are mailed to the vehicle’s registered owner, who has the option to sign a legal affidavit stating he/she was not driving the vehicle at the time of the violation. In 2010, the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that speed cameras in Akron, Ohio, did not violate due process, stating. “As the district court found, the ordinance provides for notice of the citation, an opportunity for a hearing, provision for a record of the hearing decision, and the right to appeal an adverse decision. We agree with the district court that the ordinance and its implementation, as detailed in the stipulations, satisfy due process.” 10 PEOPLE WERE KILLED IN SPEED-RELATED CRASHES in 2015 in the United States, an average of 26 people a day. 1 PEOPLE WERE KILLED EACH YEAR IN SPEED-RELATED CRASHES. 4 3% PEOPLE WERE KILLED EACH MONTH IN SPEED-RELATED CRASHES. 5 814 BILLION WAS LOST EACH MONTH TO SPEED FATALITY-RELATED COSTS. 6 $5.2 HIGHER SPEEDS ARE SAFER FOR TRAFFIC. MYTH SPEEDING IS NOT A PROBLEM. MYTH SPEED CAMERAS CAN GENERATE FALSE READINGS. MYTH SPEED SAFETY CAMERAS VIOLATE CITIZENS’ DUE process rights under the Fifth and 14th Amendments by presuming the driver is guilty, preventing the driver from confronting his/her accuser and delaying immediate notice of the offense. MYTH CAUSES SPEEDING OF OF TRAFFIC FATALITIES ARE CAUSED BY SPEEDING in the United States for the decade ending in 2015. 3 30% MORE THAN From 2011- 2015, an average of... MYTH FACT VS. X
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SPEEDING DANGERS
9,557 9,773
SPEED-RELATED CRASH FATALITIES INCREASED
from 9,283 in 2014 to 9,557 in 2015.2
FACT A 2016 study of U.S. speed-related crashes from 1993 to 2013 found a definite trend of increased fatality risk when speed limits are raised. A 5 mph increase in the maximum state speed limit was associated with an 8% increase in fatality rates on interstates and freeways and a 4% increase on other roads.7
FACT Speeding is one of the most prevalent factors contributing to traffic crashes. In 2015, speeding was a contributing factor in 27% of all U.S. crash fatalities, claiming 9,557 lives.8
FACT Most speed-measuring devices are equally accurate measuring approaching or receding traffic speeds and are accurate to within 1 mph when used properly.9
FACT There is no presumption of guilt in a ticket issued from camera-based evidence. A citation is a summons. Every person who receives a citation for speeding has the opportunity to contest their ticket, just as they can with a traditional traffic ticket. They may confront the police officer who approves the citation based on photographic evidence and notices the accused within the statute of limitations.
Citations are mailed to the vehicle’s registered owner, who has the option to sign a legal affidavit stating he/she was not driving the vehicle at the time of the violation.
In 2010, the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that speed cameras in Akron, Ohio, did not violate due process, stating. “As the district court found, the ordinance provides for notice of the citation, an opportunity for a hearing, provision for a record of the hearing decision, and the right to appeal an adverse decision. We agree with the district court that the ordinance and its implementation, as detailed in the stipulations, satisfy due process.” 10
PEOPLE WERE KILLED IN SPEED-RELATED CRASHES
in 2015 in the United States, an average of 26 people a day.1 PEOPLE WERE KILLED
EACH YEAR IN SPEED-RELATED CRASHES. 4
3% PEOPLE WERE KILLED
EACH MONTH IN SPEED-RELATED CRASHES.5
814
BILLION WAS LOST
EACH MONTH TO SPEED FATALITY-RELATED COSTS. 6
$5.2
HIGHER SPEEDS ARE SAFER FOR TRAFFIC.MYTH
SPEEDING IS NOT A PROBLEM.MYTH
SPEED CAMERAS CAN GENERATE FALSE READINGS.MYTH
SPEED SAFETY CAMERAS VIOLATE CITIZENS’ DUE
process rights under the Fifth and 14th Amendments by presuming the driver is guilty, preventing the driver from confronting his/her accuser and delaying immediate notice of the offense.
MYTH
CAUSES SPEEDINGOF
OF TRAFFIC FATALITIES ARE CAUSED BY SPEEDING
in the United States for the decade ending in 2015.3
30%MORE THAN
From 2011- 2015, an average of...
MYTH FACTVS.X
Sources:1. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), Traffic Safety Facts, Research Note. 2015 Motor Vehicle Crashes: Overview. Released August 2016. (https://crashstats.nhtsa.dot.gov/Api/Public/ViewPublication/812318)
2. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), Traffic Safety Facts, Research Note. 2015 Motor Vehicle Crashes: Overview. Released August 2016. (https://crashstats.nhtsa.dot.gov/Api/Public/ViewPublication/812318)
3, 4, 5. NHTSA Traffic Safety Facts, Speeding. 2014 Data. Released April 2016. (https://crashstats.nhtsa.dot.gov/Api/Public/ViewPublication/812265). National Highway TrafficSafety Administration (NHTSA), Traffic Safety Facts, Research Note. 2015 Motor Vehicle Crashes: Overview. Released August 2016. (https://crashstats.nhtsa.dot.gov/Api/Public/ViewPublication/812318)
6. AAA and Cambridge Systematics. “Crashes vs. Congestion – What’s the Cost to Society?” November 2011. Amount is based on 11 cost components selected by Federal Highway Administration including workplace, medical costs, property damage and emergency services. (h t tp : / /newsroom.aaa.com/wp-content /up loads/2011/11/2011_ AAA_CrashvCongUpd.pdf). One fatality costs $6.51 million in 2013. Figure is AAA 2009 cost of $6 million adjusted for inflation using: (http://www.bls.gov/data/inflation_calculator.htm).
7. Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. “Relationship of Traffic Fatality Rates to Maximum State Speed Limits.” April 2016. (http://www.iihs.org/frontend/iihs/documents/masterfiledocs.ashx?id=2117)
8. NHTSA, Traffic Safety Facts, Research Note. 2015 Motor Vehicle Crashes: Overview. Released August 2016. (https://crashstats.nhtsa.dot.gov/Api/Public/ViewPublication/812318)
9. NHTSA: Speed Enforcement Camera Systems Operational Guidelines.
10. Mendenhall v. City of Akron, Nestor Traffic Systems, Inc., (American Traffic Solutions – Intervenor) U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals. No. 09-3061 (6th Cir. March 29, 2010).
11. The National Academies. “Achieving Traffic Safety Goals in the United States. Lessons from Other nations.” 2010. Page 5.
12. The Cochrane Collaboration. Speed cameras for the prevention of road traffic injuries and deaths. 2010. (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20927736)
13. Automated enforcement: a compendium of worldwide evaluations of results. Report No. DOT HS-810-763. Washington, D.C.: NHTSA. P.3.
14. Washington S., Shin K., van Schalkwyk I. “Evaluation of the City of Scottsdale loop 101 Photo Enforcement Demonstration Program.” Arizona Department of Transportation. Report AZ-684. November 2007. Page 9.
RESEARCH SHOWS SPEED CAMERAS IMPROVE SAFETY
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Outside the U.S., countries with longer histories of using speed safety cameras as part of their enforcement programs have reported
REDUCTIONS IN SPEED-RELATED FATALITIES OF 15%-20%11
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reports that fixed speed cameras
REDUCE INJURY CRASHES BY
and mobile speed cameras
REDUCE INJURY CRASHES BY
and that “automated enforcement systems can result inmeasurable safety improvements at high crash locations.” 13
A speed camera program
REDUCED INJURY CRASHES BY
in Scottsdale, Arizona.14
28%-48%
20%-25%
21%-51%A review of 28 U.S. and international studies found in areas with speed cameras:
ALL CRASHES DECREASED
INJURY CRASHES DECREASED
FATALITIES & SERIOUS INJURIES DECREASED
8%-49%,
8%-50%11%-44%.
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