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I live in Cambridge MA near a busy arterial road that is 100% residential, with heavy of walking, bike, etc traffic near the Charles River. The speed limit is 2

I live in Cambridge MA near a busy arterial road that is 100% residential, with heavy of walking, bike, etc traffic near the Charles River. The speed limit is 25mph. I can sit at the intersection linked to below and watch at least 3-5 cars per light cycle run red lights. The light cycle is short and every one who commutes it daily knows that. They speed up to 40mph about 1 block to try and make the light. For every light cycle, I can count at least 1 red light run, usually 2-5. Sometimes 10+. At this intersection: https://www.google.com/maps/place/42%C2%B021'51.6%22N+71%C2%B006'57.6%22W/@42.3643381,-71.1180199,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m4!3m3!8m2!3d42.364335!4d-71.115995?entry=ttu https://www.google.com/maps/place/42%C2%B021'51.6%22N+71%C2%...

gruez 3y ago
>For every light cycle, I can count at least 1 red light run, usually 2-5. Sometimes 10+. To be clear, are you using the strict definition of "red light run" (ie. entering an intersection when the light is red), or the somewhat looser definition of "entering an intersection when it shows as green for the other direction"? I agree in the former case it's technically breaking the law, but in practice it's hard to spot unless your eyes are glued to the other direction's lights and/or you're very good at judging the time difference between when the car entered the intersection and when the lights turns green for you. It's not great, but also not too egregious. On the other hand if the light is green for you but you're still seeing cars enter the intersection then yeah, that's pretty bad but I very rarely see it happening, or maybe I'm not observant enough. People outright blowing through a red (ie. not near a signal change) is even rarer.
- CuddlyInformer 3y ago
  >To be clear, are you using the strict definition of "red light run" (ie. entering an intersection when the light is red), or the somewhat looser definition of "entering an intersection when it shows as green for the other direction"? What do you think? Use the context clues from the previous post. Short light cycle. Cars speeding 40mph to make the light 10+ cars running reds. Does it really need to be more explicit?

gruez 3y ago

>For every light cycle, I can count at least 1 red light run, usually 2-5. Sometimes 10+. To be clear, are you using the strict definition of "red light run" (ie. entering an intersection when the light is red), or the somewhat looser definition of "entering an intersection when it shows as green for the other direction"? I agree in the former case it's technically breaking the law, but in practice it's hard to spot unless your eyes are glued to the other direction's lights and/or you're very good at judging the time difference between when the car entered the intersection and when the lights turns green for you. It's not great, but also not too egregious. On the other hand if the light is green for you but you're still seeing cars enter the intersection then yeah, that's pretty bad but I very rarely see it happening, or maybe I'm not observant enough. People outright blowing through a red (ie. not near a signal change) is even rarer.

CuddlyInformer 3y ago
>To be clear, are you using the strict definition of "red light run" (ie. entering an intersection when the light is red), or the somewhat looser definition of "entering an intersection when it shows as green for the other direction"? What do you think? Use the context clues from the previous post. Short light cycle. Cars speeding 40mph to make the light 10+ cars running reds. Does it really need to be more explicit?