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Did you know that Glendale used to be considered the most dangerous city in California for pedestrians over 50? I don't think they give awards for that. But anybody who's lived here long enough knows that some of the drivers in this town are freaking crazy.

According to a CBS 2 report that just aired, Glendale is now 30% less dangerous than it previously was because of a new traffic program that has 17 cameras trained on 160 intersections around the city. Live video of these intersections are transmitted into Glendale's Traffic Operation Center at City Hall, where traffic engineers are watching closely and even controlling the frequency of red and green lights.

Creepy? Or cool? And what am I to make of the ridiculously ominous tone of the news report, in which they throw around words and phrases like "deadly" and "life-and-death" when referring to pedestrians and traffic? Ah, local news—gotta love it. Watch: