Posted on 09/24/2022 8:36:23 AM PDT by simpson96
A despicable plague.
Why do some folks find it so hard not to run red lights...?
Just curious.
they did away with them in rochester ny because city employees and a certain segment of the population were the chief light runners. it was a damn joke and did not result in less accidents.
Red-light and speed cameras….a blight on everything. A taste of Big Brother, designed mostly for getting more revenue by not forcing points on you.
The “do you know who I am” bunch find traffic lights irritating—the lights fail to respect their high status.
I’ve seen stats that it actually causes more accidents. People slam on their brakes avoid a ticket when the safer action is to glide through a changing light.
I guess it’s easier to get away with murder than run a red light in Chicago.
Chicago’s “Race-Neutral” Traffic Cameras Ticket Black and Latino Drivers the Most
Summary:
Black and Latino drivers run more red lights and thus get more tickets and because they don't bother paying the fines, they get penalty fees slapped on.
“Why do some folks find it so hard not to run red lights...?
Just curious.”
Near Dulles Airport, the cops sit there by a traffic light with one of those remote control buttons. When a vehicle comes that has committed to going through the light..
Bam! Yellow for one second than red... aaannnd the traffic police are right there to issue the citation.
It is nothing but legalized theft.
The Georgia Legislature passed a law setting the minimum yellow light time as 4 seconds statewide. Redlight camera tickets dropped 80%. Nuff said, the cameras are a scam.
Because in Chicago, the red light cameras have been timed to turn red sooner than normal traffic lights.
This is old news, there, and it likely has been true across the country in Democrat governed areas.
When in Chicago, I always use a red light camera intersection’s “yellow” to mean an immediate “stop,” when I get there.
You can imagine others do the same, while others double the acceleration. Not a good situation.
If you don’t live in Chicago, you can’t easily fight the ticket and the fine is high.
Bkmk
Exactly. A sinister tax on people just living their lives trying to get by.
I guess the cameras are racist too!
Someone found the time of one of the yellow lights (or maybe more) had been shortened.
Thank you, you beat me to it.
Almost no one puts them in now is the result of having fair light timing.
I dunno, he appears honest enough...
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