GALLATIN LOOKS TO EXPAND RED-LIGHT CAMERA PROGRAM AFTER STATS PROVE CAMERAS ARE MAKING GALLATIN ROADS SAFER

(Gallatin, TN, April 21, 2008) The City of Gallatin, Tennessee is in the planning stages with American Traffic Solutions, Inc. (ATS) to add two additional camera sites to its successful red-light camera program called ACES (Automated Camera Enforcement System). Statistics prove the program has succeeded in reducing the number of crashes and injuries caused by red-light runners.

“The red-light cameras have been a great supplement to our talented and hard-working police officers,” said Gallatin Police Chief John Tisdale. “Anyone who questions the importance of these cameras simply needs to look at the proven results.”

Statistics released in the fall of 2007 show the program has resulted in a:

• 21% decrease in motor vehicle crashes

• 22% decrease in property damage crashes

• 15% decrease in personal injury crashes

• 19% decrease in side impact crashes

• 19% decrease in intersection related injury crashes (2005-2007)

• 50% decrease in fatalities (2005-2007)

“These numbers prove that Gallatin’s ACES program has been successful in making our streets and residents safer by reducing the number of crashes and injuries caused by red-light runners,” Chief Tisdale continued. “We expect that adding two new camera sites will provide a similar reduction in violations and crashes.”

The intersections being considered for expansion include:

• Long Hollow Pike and Belvedere

• Nashville Pike and Browns Lane

• Belvedere and Nashville Pike (Additional approach)

Once traffic studies of the considered intersections are complete and final site selections made, Gallatin is targeting the camera installation to occur this summer.

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 rental car customers to use high speed, cashless electronic toll lanes.

ATS is a private corporation, which serves more than 100 municipalities and government agencies. ATS is the largest provider of photo traffic enforcement programs to America’s big cities, 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, AZ.

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