I’ve received a few questions about the cameras on the traffic lights in the Belden Village area. People want to know if they are red light cameras or if they are speed cameras. With Stark County facing huge budget problems, people assume that the county commissioners have instituted an automatic ticket generating scheme to increase revenue. Do you wonder why people think this? They assume that politicians are using cameras to raise money because that is what politicians all over America do all of the time.
Well, my friends, you may breathe easy. The cameras on the traffic lights in the Belden Village area are not ticket generating cameras. These cameras are replacing the loop detectors in the roadway that change the traffic light when you approach. The County is upgrading the traffic light system in the Belden Village area. These cameras are nothing to worry about, as they are not red light cameras or speed cameras. These camera based systems for changing traffic lights are more sensitive to motorcycles and other small vehicles, resulting in less delay when one is in front of you at a traffic light. These systems are cheaper to maintain when one fails, as the roadway does not have to be cut up to replace one. The advantages are many to this type of system for changing traffic lights.
For more information from another city that has installed this cameras system, see the link below.
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