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The solution is well known - increase yellow light times. [0] It reduces accidents (both rear and t-bone) and violations. But it's crap for generating more rev
by themartorana 12y ago
The solution is well known - increase yellow light times. [0] It reduces accidents (both rear and t-bone) and violations.
But it's crap for generating more revenue, which is quite often seen as more important.
[0] http://www.motorists.org/red-light-cameras/timing-myths http://www.motorists.org/red-light-cameras/timing-myths
- mc32 12y agoI think it's both. Increase times and also enforce red-light cameras --but within reason. Where I live, at some intersections there aren't always dedicated LH turn lanes, so people have to wait till oncoming traffic has a large enough gap to make the left. Often times, the only time left to make the left is to wait for the yellow... and the 3 or four cars behind have an option of going through a red light or waiting again for a yield on green... In this situation, people have little option but going through a red (or possibly taking a more circuitous route). That said, for the most part, I feel red light cameras are a racket.
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