Six new red light cameras to be installed across Auckland
There will be two cameras at the intersection of Great South Rd and Cavendish Dr, two between Te Irirangi Dr and Accent Dr, one on Great North Rd and Rata St, and one on Great South Rd and Reagan Rd. The cameras will be in operation by October, bringing the total red light cameras operating in the city to 12. Auckland mayor Phil Goff says the red light cameras will improve the city's safety. "Last year there were four fatalities and 19 serious injuries at intersections due to red light running." Between 2012 and 2016, there were four deaths and 75 serious injuries. "We are not interested in red light cameras as a revenue raising measure. We are publicising where the cameras will be to change behaviour and prevent people being hurt and killed, not to catch people out," Mr Goff said. He says a trial of red light cameras in Auckland between 2008 and 2010 reduced red light running by 43 per cent and crashes as a result by 69 per cent. Yet, in Auckland there were expensive red light cameras added to six intersections in July last year, but as of May there had been no fines issued, according to an OIA. Over the next ten years, Mr Goff plans to bring the total number of red light cameras in Auckland to 42. Road Policing Operations Manager Insp Peter McKennie says running a red light isn't worth the risk. "You've got to ask yourself; is it worth crashing and risking injury - or worse killing yourself or someone else?" The new camera sites are funded by the regional fuel tax.
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