Houston, TX (MMD Newswire) December 4, 2009 — The Houston, TX Coalition Against Red-Light Cameras (HoustonCoalition.net) is proud to announce an online petition targeting the United Services Automobile Association’s support for red light cameras.
The United Services Automobile Association (USAA) is an insurance and financial services conglomerate serving the U.S. military community and their families.
The petition illustrates the USAA military community’s objection to USAA’s support for ticket camera schemes which are well known to have a negative impact on traffic safety but are nonetheless deployed to raise revenue.
Numerous studies have documented that traffic accidents and accident-related injuries, often increase at intersections after ticket cameras have been installed. The USAA support of red-light cameras ignores these studies to march in lockstep with the auto insurance lobby which benefits from the increased number of citations issued by red-light cameras.
Details of the HCARLC petition, and comments by petition signers, can be found at http://www.PetitionOnline.com/1109USAA/petition.html. Studies that document the negative effect of red-light cameras on traffic safety have been compiled by the National Motorists Association, and can be found at http://www.motorists.org/photoenforce/home/studies/.
For more information about this organized action against the USAA, go to http://www.houstoncoalition.net/usaa_action.
The founder of the Houston Coalition Against Red Light Cameras (as they are presently utilized) is H.F. Van Der Grinten, who also is currently a USAA member.
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