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As somebody who drives without a steel cage around them, you should support initiatives to have red light cameras removed. They increase the frequency of traff
by blhack 17y ago
As somebody who drives without a steel cage around them, you should support initiatives to have red light cameras removed.
They increase the frequency of traffic accidents at intersections (both because people are concentrating more on "making the light" than they are "not hitting something" and because people slam on their brakes to prevent running a yellow) and do nothing to make them safer.
- natrius 17y agoWith long enough yellows, red light cameras shouldn't be a problem. The places that shorten yellows to raise revenue are criminally stupid. Anyway, this problem will hopefully be moot in ten years or so. If cars aren't driving themselves yet, just send a message to individual cars telling them to stop before the intersection. When the ones allowed to continue have cleared the intersection, give another direction a green light. No need to speed to make a yellow or slam on brakes.