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October 17, 1999 YAROSLAVSKY ANNOUNCES RED-LIGHT CAMERAS FOR BUSY WESTWOOD INTERSECTION Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky has announced Board approval this week for a three-year pilot program intended to discourage drivers from running red lights. Yaroslavsky said that the program would be inaugurated on Wednesday, October 13, at the intersection of Sepulveda and Wilshire Boulevards, an intersection notorious for the high number of serious accidents caused by drivers failing to stop for red lights. The automated cameras will photograph vehicles entering the intersection after the light has turned red. The California Highway Patrol (CHP) will issue tickets upon reviewing the photos. "For the first month," Yaroslavsky explained, "drivers caught on camera running a red light will receive a warning notice from the CHP. After that, he said, beginning on November 13, "as far as enforcement goes, it's the Full Monty." Warning signs will be posted at each approach to the intersection alerting motorists to the presence of the cameras. Program costs will be paid with funds from the $271 fines levied against violators. Cameras have already been installed and are operational on Arrow Highway at Glendora Avenue in Glendora, Colima Road at Batson Avenue in Hacienda Heights, and Hacienda Heights Boulevard at La Monde Street in Rowland Heights. The Westwood cameras are the final installation for the pilot program.
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