Large budgets shortfalls in those cities including chicago. Red light cameras you know what im talking about cameras that take photos of drivers running red lights. Tickets that can cost drivers between 50 and nearly 500, drivers desire to avoid those tickets cause crashes. Independent Research Shows a 13 to 29 reduction in injury related crashes at intersections that have red light cameras. Now the Insurance Institute is funded by Auto Insurance companies and in california and arizona, insurers can raise premiums on violation points, thats a potential conflict of interest. Critics will tell you many of the cameras are not marked, that means drivers dont know they are there and that would argue theyre a deterrent for running red lights. More to boost revenue than to promote public safety. Public outcry against the cameras is one of the reasons for communities being on decline. Cameras are in use in 23 states including california, new york, texas and ilnoyes. Earlier i mentioned chicago
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off the feds. but first we re all over a developing story in maryland. police on the hunt right now for a hit and run driver. the car plowed into two people killing one and seriously injuring the other. it happened at walker mill and county roads in district heights. that s where fox 5 s wisdom martin is working the story tonight, wisdom. reporter: it s a very dark area. we have lights on so you re able to see. police are still working on the details of the collision that left one person dead and one in the hospital. here s what we know so far. two pedestrians were trying to cross that road when they were hit by an unknown driver. they said they were coming from a local library. reporter: prince george s county police say just after 5:30 p.m. a 21-year-old man and a 28-year- old female were walking back to their homes from the library. they say as the two started to walk across the road at the exit off walker mills, someone driving down the exit hit both pedestrians
we heard a loud bank toward the corner of our building in the back. we didn t know what was going on. as soon as we heard the loud bank that blocked every entrance to the parking lot, front, back, we could not get in or out and we looked out batback and all we saw were fbi agents in full tactical gear swarming around the scene. reporter: when told what really happened, he said he was stunned. it brings it close to home. when you hear something is happening across the country, you know, across the world, it s one thing, but when it s right where you work, and it s kind of scary. reporter: james baker was there as well. he had stopped at the store to make a delivery. i just heard a big boom! i thought it was a car crash or something. and when i tried to leave the building everywhere. i couldn t leave. reporter: the fbi said that martinez is a recent convert to islam and used facebook to say things like anyone who opposes allah, i hate you with all of my heart. the