01-11-2018 16:14 via ottawacitizen.com

Blow stop signs? Run reds? It's deadly and expensive

Ottawa and Gatineau police traffic officers will be stepping up enforcement at red lights and stop signs this month.
It’s a potentially deadly practice, note members of the Selective Traffic Enforcement Program (STEP) and costly, too.
Between 2012 and 2016, the 3,759 collisions involving running a red resulted in 1,562 people get hurt and killed four, police report. Meanwhile, the 3,129 collisions caused by failing to stop at a stop sign caused 995 injuries and three deaths.
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