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what’s the argument for allowing people to run red lights?
by randyrand 7y ago
what’s the argument for allowing people to run red lights?
- stonogo 7y agoThat'd be the common straw man. Cameras can't stop people from running red lights. In most jurisdictions that use them, they don't even count as moving violations for insurance or licensing purposes. The idea is to discourage the crime. There are other ways to discourage the crime, but the cameras seem to have the intended effect. But pretending that removing them is tantamount to santioning the crime is a little ridiculous.
- marssaxman 7y agoIt's safer than installing a camera. Red-light cameras increase the overall number of crashes for any given intersection, especially rear-end collisions, since people tend to slam their brakes when they notice the camera in order to avoid getting a ticket.