Red Light Cameras being abused again in FLA.

[nitsuj]

There's never a valid excuse for running a red light, I've never "accidently" run a red light. It's because when people see a yellow light, they think it means "keep going you fool, the light's about to turn red. I've seen people speed up trying to beat the light instead of stopping. I've stopped without a problem and the car that tried to outrun the light was a bit behind me in the other lane. I've seen near rear ends caused by people that stopped when the light turned yellow and the car behind assumed that they would keep driving.

An interesting point Evo, and wonder how it generally effects the situation below. (countdown timers at intersections)

The city of Ottawa has updated* some intersections with a countdown timer on the cross walk signal. Interestingly I find this helps greatly! In particular in poor weather conditions and stopping distance decreased.

Less wordy, I find my self sometimes starting to brake even when the light is green, knowing the cycle is about to change by the time I get to the intersection.

*for all I know these have been used in the states for years.

 

[edward]

So far I have only seen countdown lights at pedestrian crossings in this country.