Editing Red light camera (section)

==History==
[[File:Red Light Camera on NY 25A, Flower Hill, NY July 30, 2023.jpg|thumb|An Axsis RLC-300 red-light camera in [[Flower Hill, New York]]]]
Red light cameras were first developed in the Netherlands by Gatso.<ref name=History>{{cite web |url=http://www.gatsometer.com/web_en/history |title=History |publisher=Gatso.com |access-date=9 January 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110519171308/http://www.gatsometer.com/web_en/history |archive-date=2011-05-19 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Worldwide, red light cameras have been in use since the 1960s, and were used for traffic enforcement in Israel as early as 1969.<ref name=Retting2/> The first red light camera system was introduced in 1965, using tubes stretched across the road to detect the violation and subsequently trigger the camera. One of the first developers of these red light camera systems was [[Gatso|Gatsometer BV]].<ref name=History/>

The cameras first received serious attention in the United States in the 1980s following a highly publicized crash in 1982, involving a red-light runner who collided with an 18-month-old girl in a [[baby transport|stroller]] (or "push-chair") in [[New York City]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=1982-03-22 |title=THE CITY; Stroller With Child Dragged by Auto |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1982/03/22/nyregion/the-city-stroller-with-child-dragged-by-auto.html |access-date=2023-11-20 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> Subsequently, a community group worked with the city's Department of Transportation to research automated law-enforcement systems to identify and ticket drivers who run red lights. New York's red-light camera program went into effect in 1993.<ref>{{cite news |title=Red Light District |first=Heath |last=Row |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rQcAAAAAMBAJ&q=New+York+city%2C+automated+enforcement+program%2C+Popolizio&pg=PA116 |magazine=CIO Magazine |date=July 1996 |page=116 |access-date=22 March 2011}}</ref> In a near future the might be able to also catch other infractions such as phone usage, failure to wear the seat belt wearing, or failure to maintain [[Assured clear distance ahead|safe distance between vehicle]]. From the 1980s onward, red light camera usage expanded worldwide, and one of the early camera system developers, [[Poltech International]], supplied Australia, Britain, South Africa, Taiwan, the Netherlands and Hong Kong.<ref name=Clack/> American Traffic Systems (subsequently [[American Traffic Solutions]]) (ATS) and Redflex Traffic Systems emerged as the primary suppliers of red light camera systems in the US,<ref name=Larson>{{cite news |title=Non-Stop Growth |author=Jane Larson |newspaper=The Arizona Republic |date=18 January 2008 |url=https://www.azcentral.com/business/articles/0118biz-sr-ats0119-ON.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130117202111/http://www.azcentral.com/business/articles/0118biz-sr-ats0119-ON.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 January 2013 }}</ref> while [[Jenoptik]] became the leading provider of red light cameras worldwide.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.jenoptik.com/cms/jenoptik.nsf/res/Traffic%20Solutions%20Broschure_GB.pdf/$file/Traffic%20Solutions%20Broschure_GB.pdf |title=Traffic Solutions Brochure |publisher=Jenoptik.com |access-date=17 January 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180223171243/https://www.jenoptik.com/cms/jenoptik.nsf/res/Traffic%20Solutions%20Broschure_GB.pdf/$file/Traffic%20Solutions%20Broschure_GB.pdf |archive-date=23 February 2018 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

Initially, all red light camera systems used film, which was delivered to local law enforcement departments for review and approval.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.stopredlightrunning.com/pdfs/WEBONLY_Red%20Light%20Book.pdf |title=Focus On Safety |year=2007 |work=Stop Red Light Running |page=51 and 53 |access-date=9 January 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110906104731/http://www.stopredlightrunning.com/pdfs/WEBONLY_Red%20Light%20Book.pdf |archive-date=2011-09-06 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=Michael>{{cite news |title=Red light cameras click into action; The 12 new digital devices are part of a police crackdown on dangerous driving |author=Peter Michael |author2=Felix Lo |newspaper=South China Morning Post |location=Hong Kong |date=19 May 2004 |page=3}}</ref> The first digital camera system was introduced in [[Canberra]] in December 2000,<ref name=Clack>{{cite news |title=World-First Digital Camera to Nab Red Light Runners |author=Peter Clack |newspaper=The Canberra Times |location=Canberra, Australia |date=26 November 2000 |page=7}}</ref> and digital cameras have increasingly replaced the older film cameras in other locations since then.<ref name=Michael/>