I’ve heard that as well.
So is it a good trade off, to have fewer red light runners but an increase in rear end collisions instead?
Anyone who drives a car, know that when the light turns yellow, you may have a split second to decide whether you can make it through or not. It depends on how far away you are from the intersection, how fast you are going, and also whether or not some idiot is tailgating you. You have a fraction of a second to decide what you are going to do.
In my opinion it is wrong to get punished for making the “wrong” decision in that split second.
‘and also whether or not some idiot is tailgating you’
this, in a nutshell, is the biggest factor in making driving so hazardous...
In my opinion it is wrong to get punished for making the “wrong” decision in that split second.
Even when that “wrong” decision leads to death or injury in the middle of the intersection
And let’s be frank. Most of those deaths at intersections are not from someone trying to “beat a read light”. They are from someone that didn’t see it. It had been red a long time before they entered. Just watch the crash compilation videos on Youtube.