American Traffic Solutions Contracted from 10 Cities to Optimize Road Safety

In the first quarter of 2011, 10 cities in Colorado, Florida, Missouri and New Jersey signed contracts with American Traffic Solutions (ATS) to install and maintain more than 100 red-light safety and speed safety cameras, furthering ATS' position as North America's market leader in road safety camera installations.

"We are honored to be a part of so many cities' efforts to make driving safer for families in neighborhoods around the country," said James Tuton, President and CEO of ATS. "Road safety cameras save lives. All too often, it is the innocent driver, bicyclist or pedestrian that is the victim in speed or red-light running related collisions. Road safety camera programs help reduce injuries and save lives by changing driver behavior."

Cities that signed new contracts with ATS are Boulder, Colorado; Plantation and Davie, Florida; Ferguson, Missouri; and Haddon Heights, Hamilton Township, Hasbrouck Heights, Middle Township, Morristown and Union Township in New Jersey. Also in the first quarter, 16 cities in five states authorized expansion of their existing road safety camera programs.

The number of communities using road safety camera technology has grown sharply in the past decade, according to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS). In 2000, 25 cities embraced the technology. Currently, more than 600 communities use road safety camera programs. A recent IIHS study credited red-light safety cameras with saving 159 lives over a five-year period, and said the cameras could have prevented a total of 815 deaths had the technology been used in more large U.S. cities.