SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--To accompany your New Year’s driver safety stories, American Traffic
Solutions (ATS), which serves more than 130 communities in North America
with red-light and speed camera programs, has posted video examples from
2008 at www.atsol.com/videos.html
illustrating the serious public safety danger red-light runners pose.

As the New Year quickly approaches, perhaps these intersection video
examples from ATS communities will serve as a reminder to your viewers
to drive especially carefully on New Year’s Eve and to improve their
overall driving behavior in 2009.

More than 300 communities across the U.S. and Canada use red-light and
speed photo enforcement programs to make local roadways safer for
pedestrians and drivers. Independent studies from the Insurance
Institute on Highway Safety prove that camera programs are successful at
reducing red-light running violations by 40-50 percent and reducing
injuries from crashes by 30 percent.

Red-light and speed camera programs are an excellent tool for
communities to help decrease traffic violations, crashes and injuries
caused by red-light runners and speeders. However, they’re just one part
of an overall public safety effort focused on preventing future crashes
and injuries. Attentive and defensive driving is the most effective way
to keep roadways safe.

About American Traffic Solutions, Inc.:

American Traffic Solutions (ATS) is a leading provider of technology and
business solutions for traffic safety and electronic toll collection
programs worldwide, including PlatePass®, which is an automated
electronic toll payment service that enables Avis, Budget and Hertz
customers to use high speed, cashless electronic toll lanes. ATS is a
private corporation, which serves more than 130 municipalities and
government agencies. ATS is the largest provider of photo traffic
enforcement programs to America’s big cities with active programs in New
York City, Philadelphia, Washington, D.C., St. Louis, San Diego and
Seattle; Houston, Fort Worth, Irving and Arlington, Texas; New Orleans
and Baton Rouge, Louisiana; and Phoenix, Tucson, Mesa, Glendale and
Scottsdale, Arizona. ATS also serves Canada’s largest digital red-light
camera and speed enforcement program in Calgary, Alberta. The company is
headquartered in Scottsdale, Ariz. For more information visit: www.redlightcamera.com
or www.atsol.com.