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The problem is that it creates perverse incentives for governments to make intersections more dangerous in order to raise ticket revenue. We really need to chan
by mikeash 7y ago
The problem is that it creates perverse incentives for governments to make intersections more dangerous in order to raise ticket revenue. We really need to change things to ticket fees don’t go to the issuing government. Then this stuff would be much more reasonable.
- mancerayder 7y agoCan't you solve that by, maybe at the state level, creating some mandate around yellow light time relative to intersection length and perhaps taking into account speed limit? I mean, I'm no urban planner but an analysis around that type of protection should be a plan A, and distrust of government as described here should be a plan B. But, as per the culture, distrusting government seems to be a plan A ("but what if this perverse incentive is created..")
- mikeash 7y agoWhat I describe is plan B. Your plan A was tried and the result was as I described. Mandating timings doesn’t quite work.