Light turns orange? I hit my brakes hard if an intersection has cameras. Who knows whether the light is set to stay orange for the required X amount of seconds,

Light turns orange? I hit my brakes hard if an intersection has cameras. Who knows whether the light is set to stay orange for the required X amount of seconds, or if it has been lowered to Y seconds to try to make money off people. The people behind me better hope they weren't tailgating me AND have brakes just as good as mine ...