San Jose begins installing speed cameras citywide

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San Jose begins installing speed cameras citywide

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Seyoum added, "If it saves lives, I would agree with that."

Absent: evidence that speed cameras save lives.

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https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0001457524000708

Highlights

Spot speed cameras in a series are an effective traffic safety measure.

Mean speed decreased 3.5 km/h for all vehicles and all road sections.

Larger effects at cameras, but still substantial effects on the enforced road sections between cameras.

Speed reductions were maintained long-term.

Spot speed cameras in a series reduced fatalities by 38.6%.