I see that as BS. The rear end accidents are not the killers, those would be the broadside accidents and those are up.
I have been T boned 3 times and they have all been in parking lots. Old car, dropped my collision cause I can now find my car in the parking lot. Its the one with the dented front door, driver side. Its color is the same as dozens of other cars in the parking lot...I drive my kids nuts, don’t know why.. If I had put in a claim for all 3 my insurance would be out of sight. They are not large dents, but all 3 were in the same place..some idiot backed into me as I was driving out of the lot. No one seems to look behind them in a parking lot..I am paranoid about them now..
Studies show that accidents increase at intersections after red-light cameras are installed...
I see that as BS.
Please show me where I am wrong.
The rear end accidents are not the killers, those would be the broadside accidents and those are up.
Was anyone killed in the accident you referenced?
So you are of the school that believes:
Safety and Order are more important than Liberty.
You desire to live in a highly controlled, predictable environment with safety guaranteed by the State. You are willing to have all manner of boots, guns, tasers, courts, and jails to get what you want.
I would recommend that you take charge of your own safety, accept the fact that we are all mortal and will soon die. Enjoy life when it is good, do your best in the face of adversity and leave the people around you out of your court imposed faced of safety and security.
Laws will not make you safe. You can minimize your personal risk by taking measures, being alert to your surrounding. You posses free will and a brain. It may keep you safe. The good Lord may or may not. But none of us lives forever and this life is just a vapor.
Adding the cameras doesn't increase the accidents. It's that most cities reduce yellow light time when they install the cameras. It's a basic fact of traffic engineering: reduce yellow light time, get more accidents.
If a motorist is uncertain whether he can safely stop behind an intersection, is it safer for the motorist to proceed at speed through the intersection, possibly entering it a second after his light turns red (but a second before the opposing light turns green), or is it safer for the motorist to attempt to stop and possibly entering the intersection somewhat slowly a few seconds later (after the opposing light has turned green)? If the installers of traffic camera systems were interested in safety, they would configure the systems so that someone who entered between the time one light went red and the other light went green would delay the opposing green signal, and they would charge different fines for courtesy violations and safety violations. Have you ever heard of any camera system that did those things?