Road Safety Timeline

1980-1990

1 | 1987: Paradise Valley, Ariz. establishes first U.S. road safety camera program with photo speed safety vans that use wet film technology. Prior to 1987, photo red light and speed safety programs were developed in Europe and Australia.

1991-2000

2 | 1997: Redflex Traffic Systems, Inc. emerges in the U.S. market after acquiring American Traffic Systems. Redflex takes over Paradise Valley and Fort Collins, Colo. programs.

3 | 1998: The first digital photo speed safety vehicle is introduced by Redflex as part of a temporary speed program in San Jose, Calif. This marks Redflex's first application of digital cameras.

4 | Late 1990s: Redflex begins expanding the use of digital road safety technology and security solutions in key city programs.

2001-Today

5 | 2001:Redflex develops and implements 12-second video clips with road safety camera evidence packages, combining high-resolution digital stills with video.

6 | 2006: Six fixed speed safety cameras are pioneered by Redflex on a Scottsdale, Ariz. stretch of the Loop 101 freeway, marking the first such freeway speed program in U.S. history. The program marks the first-ever use of automated secondary speed verification systems in the U.S.

7 | 2006: The first online road safety camera payment system, Photonotice.com, is designed and introduced by Redflex.

8 | 2007: Redflex partners with Arizona Department of Public Safety Highway Patrol on first U.S. statewide mobile freeway speed safety program, using two REDFLEXspeed mobile vehicles across Arizona.

9 | 2007: Redflex activates its 1,000th camera with a REDFLEXred approach in Chicago. The company is the first to announce 1,000 active systems in the U.S. Chicago becomes the most road safety camera enforced city in the U.S. with more than 130 cameras and Redflex soon announces its 200th U.S. contract.

10 | 2008: Traffic systems expert Dr. Simon Washington releases final analysis of the Scottsdale Loop 101 speed program, showing REDFLEXspeed safety cameras had a significant impact on reducing the likelihood for speed-related freeway collisions.

11 | 2008: Redflex partners with Arizona Department of Public Safety Highway Patrol on first U.S. statewide mobile freeway speed safety program, using dozens of fixed and mobile REDFLEXspeed systems across Arizona, the first state in the U.S. to deploy a statewide freeway program.

12 | 2009: Redflex named a finalist in the Arizona Technology Council’s 2009 Governor’s Celebration of Innovation (GCOI) awards.

13 | 2010: Karen Finley honored by the Phoenix Business Journal as one of 2010's "Most Admired" CEOs in the Valley.

14 | 2010: Redflex receives an honorable mention for the 2010 “Best Places to Work” by the Phoenix Business Journal.