Staggering Information on Red Light Tickets

Below we have gathered information regarding red light tickets in California.  We hope this helps our site visitors who may have made a habit of running red lights.

In recent years, California has been a driving force in the United States in trying to curb the running of red lights. The enforcement of red lights may be in the form of red light cameras or the increased number of police patrols in California.

Police Traffic Safety grants are issued by The Office of Traffic Safety to assist local police departments in focusing on California red light voilation prevention through increased enforcement and education. According to the California Office of Traffic Safety's 2007 Annual Performance Report, these grants, issued by The Office of Traffic Safety, funded a total of 1,290 enforcement operations statewide, which generated a total of 12,071 California red light tickets. We could not believe this number was so high!

With these astonishing numbers, running a California red light is not smart. However, citation numbers aside, running a red light is dangerous. If you run a California red light, you are literally asking to be hit or you run the risk of hitting someone else who isn’t expecting you to be in the intersection.  The fact is that people rely on their traffic signals and do not take the time to check the intersection before entering it.  They figure, “if the signal tells me to go, it must be safe to go.”  If that doesn’t scare you, check out the following statistics. 

According to the National Highway Safety Traffic Administration, in 2005 approximately 45% of all vehicular accidents happened in an intersection. Also in 2005, 805 people nationwide died as a result of someone running a red light. Remember, intersections are inherently dangerous places, and California red lights (AND yellow lights) are there for your protection. Getting into an accident will delay you from getting where you need to go far more than simply stopping for a red light could ever do. Imagine if you had to take a ride in an ambulance!  Red light based accidents are usually ‘t-bone’ collisions, where the front of one car strikes the side of another. So it is not an exaggeration that you may end up in an ambulance.  Because the side of the vehicle is the most vulnerable part of the car, ‘t-bone’ accidents usually cause more injuries than front or rear end collisions with the same amount of force. Also, if you think about the last time you rushed through a yellow/red light, you were probably travelling much faster in order to make it through the light.  Therefore, accidents involving red lights is usually more severe because of the rate of speed.  Whether you are an offender of running red lights or note, when you approach an intersection, you should always drive defensively and make sure to be aware of your surroundings regardless of what the signal says.

For more information on red light tickets, please contact us, we are here to help. Of course, always remember, for answers to these and many more concerns, please feel free to contact us at www.Tofixyourredlightticket.com, a service provided by TicketBust.com or at 800-850-8038.