Can we sue the City of Denton when people start slamming on their brakes when the light turns yellow in an attempt to avoid the camera fine? The City of San Diego provded that these things are just another greedy government tool and not for traffic enforcement.
What, for the cost of excessive brake wear?
The City of San Diego provded that these things are just another greedy government tool
If it turns out that the city shortened the length of the yellow light, that would be the case. Indeed, there have been studies that show when the city lengthens the duration of the yellow lights, red-light violations go down. However, once the driving public gets used to the longer yellow, the red-light violations go back up.
Bottom line: a certain group of people will run red lights as long as they think they can get away with it. If the city is using the cameras as a tool to generate revenue -- e.g. shorter yellow lights -- city officials must be exposed.
And Australian study found that that is exactly what happens, and the number of rear-end collisions increases accordingly.
http://www.motorists.com/issues/enforce/australia.html
Surprise, surprise!