Phantom Alert Saves you Cash
‘Red light cameras’ are running at several Mid-Souths busiest intersections. Police say the presence of cameras cuts down on red light runners, making the roads safer.
“We feel like it’s been a good positive program. A good traffic safety tool,” said Germantown Deputy Police Chief Rodney Bright. If you’re caught running a light, you’ll receive a quotation that’ll cost you about $50. But for less than $10 a month, you can save a program to your GPS device that could keep you from being caught.
The “Phantom alert” notifies drivers anytime they’re near a red light camera. “People may not know where the cameras are, so we feel like that positively impacts driver behaviour in that regard,” said Bright.
But Phantom Alert representatives say they believe the same is true for its software, which sends a signal to slow down.
