Red Light Cameras

Yes. Trained police officers review every picture to verify vehicle information and ensure the vehicle is in violation. Violations are mailed to vehicle owners only in cases where it is clear the vehicle ran a red light. A red light violation occurs when the vehicle is clearly behind the stop line, the traffic light is red, and the vehicle continues through the intersection while the traffic light is red.

In about 30 days, you will receive a letter with the violation in the mail. This will have the violation photo, date, time and location of the violation, the website along with the username and password in which you can view your violation. After viewing the violation, you will be able to decide whether to pay the civil fine or appeal the violation. All of the instructions for doing both will be listed.

After viewing the violation, you will be able to decide whether to pay the civil fine or appeal the violation. To appeal the violation, simply follow the instructions.

The fine for a red light violation is $100. (NO POINTS)

The Township ordinance is NO. 2049

No. This is a civil violation, not a criminal violation and will not go onto your driving record. It is a NO POINTS violation.

No. Since this is a civil violation, it will not go on your driving record. Since it does not go on your driving record, it will not affect your insurance.

1. Old York Rd and Susquehanna Rd (all 4 directions)
2. Old York Rd and Old Welsh Rd (all 4 directions)
3. Moreland Rd and Fitzwatertown Rd (2 directions on the Abington Twp side, East Bound Moreland Rd and North Bound Fitzwatertown Rd)

The intersections were selected based on the number of crashes, difficulty of enforcement and number of violations.

We’re committed to keeping you and your neighbor’s safe, but no community can afford to deploy police at every red-light intersection every hour of every day. Many of the intersections are situated in a way that does not allow us to conduct traditional enforcement.  The new cameras will help keep our roads safe, allowing officers to spend their time protecting Abington in other ways.

There is no cost to our community for installing, operating, or maintaining the system. It will take police personnel to manage the program, approve the violations, and work through the appeals and collections process. However, the entire program will be funded by the violators.

No. Our main objective is to deter violators, not to catch them. Signs will be posted at every intersection, warning drivers that photo enforcement is in use. However, if drivers continue to run red lights, they will be fined.  All fines will cover the cost of the program.  Any extra fines will go to a special PennDOT fund, which is earmarked for traffic safety grants throughout the Commonwealth of  PA.

A red light violation occurs when you break the stop line (solid white line where you are supposed to stop at) enter and continue through the intersection after the light has turned red.

Yes. All intersections will be posted NO TURN ON RED.

No. A violation will occur if you are behind the stop line and enter the intersection after the light turns red.

Red light runners cause hundreds of deaths and tens of thousands of injuries each year. According to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, in 2011,714 people were killed and an estimated 118,000 were injured in crashes that involved red light running. About half of the deaths in red light running crashes are pedestrians, bicyclists, and occupants in other vehicles who are hit by the red light runners.

To help deter the serious problem of red light running, photo technology will be used to enforce traffic laws fairly and consistently with the goal of reducing infractions, preventing crashes and injuries and saving lives.

Photo enforcement cameras are clearly not a replacement for police officers. A photo enforcement program is one component of a comprehensive traffic safety program including engineering, education and traditional law enforcement. Red light cameras allow police officers to be deployed to other more critical law enforcement safety priorities.

Red light camera photo enforcement is designed to change behavior, encouraging drivers to think twice before running a red light.

In February 2012, the Insurance Institute of Highway Safety published research that confirmed what many of us already knew — red-light safety cameras saves lives.

• Red-light cameras saved 159 lives in 2004-08 in 14 of the biggest US cities, a new analysis by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety shows.
• Had cameras been operating during that period in all large cities, a total of 815 deaths would have been prevented. 
• The researchers found that in the 14 cities that had cameras during 2004-08, the combined per capita rate of fatal red light running crashes fell 35 percent, compared with 1992-96.
• The researchers found that in the 14 cities that had cameras during 2004-08, the combined per capita rate of fatal red light running crashes fell 35 percent, compared with 1992-96.
• The rate of all fatal crashes at intersections with signals — not just red light running crashes — fell 14 percent in the camera cities and crept up 2 percent in the non-camera cities. In the camera cities, there were 17 percent fewer fatal crashes per capita at intersections with signals in 2004-08 than would have been expected.

To pay a violation online go to www.viewcitation.com. Once there enter the citation number and the pin number listed on your violation notice.