CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Charlotte city leaders are pumping the brakes on a plan to bring the red light cameras back to the Queen City.
At a meeting held Monday night, the city council decided they'll need more data before voting on the matter.
After a near-decade of having the cameras from 1998 to 2006, Charlotte scrapped them due to the cost of operation.
However, city leaders say something needs to be done about the deadly accidents on Charlotte roads. Deadly car crashes are on the rise in Charlotte, up 30-percent from the year before. And one-in-three drivers openly admitted during a recent study from AAA that they had run a red light in the last 30 days.