It’s hard to avoid a ticket when the yellow light is programmed for 2 seconds. Municipalities will find a way to recoup their losses from people stop on a dime and end up being rear-ended.
That is how they raise revenue.
I’d read an article some time ago about when collections would go down, the yellows were shortened to provide more.
The net effect was a drastic increase in rear-end collisions.
If it is actually 2 seconds, you have a strong case in court. The ITE has a bottom limit of 3 seconds for small intersections in low speed locations. The longest they recommend is 5 seconds (although one guy is pushing for 5.5 seconds). There is an actual formula that can be used to tell what the yellow time should be.
It’s hard to avoid a ticket when the yellow light is programmed for 2 seconds. Municipalities will find a way to recoup their losses from people stop on a dime and end up being rear-ended.
Either increases in rear enders or increases in t-bones. However I don’t think will cut the time much below the 1 second per 10 mph of speed limits that some now use. Although Houston did cut the time on some intersections recently below that norm.