There's a fair amount of research to indicate that red-light cameras are mostly a wash (some studies showing increased accidents, some showing a reduction) - and that far more accidents could be avoided simply by increasing the duration of the yellow light by just 1 second. Of course changing the timing on the lights doesn't increase revenues for the locals or for the traffica camera vendors.
If they do not want me running th ered light they should keep the green light on when I am coming. We cant all afford to be escorted around town or to our local NFL teams game by tyhe cops.
HEEE HEEE, Alaska has already banned those buggers! Took a whole 6 months or so, till the public said NO!
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I am of the opinion that they are good if they help catch a hit and run or something of that nature.
I guess they don’t always work? I have been in vehicles with people who ran a light and they never got a ticket and there was a camera.
That's the problem in Chicago. The lights change from green to yellow to red in like milliseconds. And because of traffic, the lights in the city cycle way faster that anywhere else I have been. AND, in most cases there are no green left turn arrows, and no turn lanes. So basically, if you need to make a left hand turn, the only way its gonna happen is if you sit in the middle of the intersection and wait for oncoming traffic to stop, and then roll through the yellow/red light. If done properly, this allows about one car to turn left on yellow each light cycle, but anyone who trains along will technically be running the red.
In my opinion, this system has ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to do with safety, and EVERYTHING to do with generating revenue for the city...
Bart
yea cities are like that just because people are so impatient.. so if you ever get busted running a red light in a city.. 9 times out of 10 you can fight it by claiming the yellow light was not up to standard for the duration... i hang out with a bunch of civil engineers and they showed me all the calcs necessary... seen a couple of red light tickets go away from civil engineers showing these calcs to the judge
Eric, you'll ruin your reputation hanging out with Civil Engineers. Find a couple of EE's for drinking buddies.
My first couple of trips into Philly, I had to unlearn everything I knew about driving. Double (and even triple) parking is the norm and perfectly acceptable. Stop signs don't mean squat. Stop lights should be obeyed but only if there is oncoming traffic ... you get the picture.
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Put a smiley after you say that Bub.
yea its true.. i have to relearn how to drive when i come down to maryland.. the philly stop (aka slowing down just enough to see that nobody is coming but never actually using your brakes) doesnt fly down here! they put red light cams in at one intersection in philly.. I heard they had caught 300 people within the first hour or two... they issued warnings and ditched the idea last i heard
Naw. My daughter was mailed a ticket from Philly earlier this year.