Stop Short Yellow Lights

[k4kyv]

The city council just voted to allow an outside company to install red-light cameras in the town nearest to here.  I may participate...

The positive effect of increasing the yellow light time at a troublesome intersection (an increase of one second can reduce violations by 50%) is undisputed by even the most zealous ticket camera supporters.

Nevertheless...

Several cities have been caught shortening yellow light times to increase ticket camera profits and we think there are more yet to be discovered.

Red-light cameras can only remain profitable at poorly engineered interesections. Once an intersection is fixed, the money dries up quickly. And once the money is gone, the cameras disappear.


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Six cities that were caught shortening yellow light times for profit

[W3RSW]

Very informative Don.
Might be fun to take a stopwatch to some hi-traffic intersections around here.  So far no red light cameras but a few lane sensors have been installed. (Sensors only, I think, ...if you look at the "streamlining" profile of the housings.  )

It does seem to me that all caution lights are way shorter than when I was a kid first driving.  (another  )