I like safe drivers, same as you do.
But if you roam around a bit on the site, you’ll note that a number of municipalities have gotten themselves in hot water by SHORTENING the time the traffic lights are “yellow.” This is in order to catch more speeders, who may not have been speeding at all.
It appears that, in lieu of raising taxes outright, some places have resorted to tormenting drivers, in order to raise revenue.
Not surprising, but we shouldn’t be pushing yellow lights either.
< SHORTENING the time the traffic lights are “yellow.”>
Brecksville Ohio used to use a really nasty tactic. At the main intersection of Rts 82 and 21, they’d sometimes put a cop out to manually control the traffic light. If they didn’t like the looks of you or your vehicle, they’d flash the yellow for a second, and then go to red. They had a patrol car on the other side to nab anyone who couldn’t hit the brakes fast enough. They tried to get me in my work van. I managed to jam on the brakes and stop, but everything in my van slid forwards. I put on my blinker, and went straight to the police station. The Chief had been my neighbor, and was/is a friend. I let him know I wasn’t pleased.