Posted on 06/16/2017 7:15:34 AM PDT by george76
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Conventional traffic lights are early 20th Century technology for deconflicting traffic at an intersection. Modern tech allows for better safety and reduced driver frustration.20th Century technology is the red light and the green light, and an intermediate yellow light. It works, but the simple bold light of each color does not tell the driver how long the rules defined by the red or yellow or green light will prevail. The driver has to allow for the possibility that the light will soon change. To the extent that the driver guesses wrong, he wastes gasoline and subjects his passengers to rapid changes in the size and the sign of his accelerator/brake commands. This frustrates the driver. Adding a late-20th Century rule enforcement technology, the camera, to the situation raises the stakes for the driver and increases the frustration.
21st Century technology allows for a digital display to the driver of the number of seconds until the assignment of the right of way will be changed to or from his lane from or to the traffic on the intersecting road. This is the modern, much more nuanced, equivalent of the simple (crude) yellow light. Given this more complete information, drivers can make more confident decisions which will save gas, brake/tire wear, and driver/passenger stress.
Anyone who opts for the enforcement camera without switching to a digital red/green display of the right-of-way arguably may hope to improve safety but certainly hopes to get money at the expense of the increased frustration of the motoring public. Anyone who switches to a digital red/green display of the right-of-way certainly hopes to increase safety and reduce stress on the motoring public. Anyone who does both certainly is concerned about safety, but is almost certainly wasting government money on the installation and operation of the enforcement camera.
How dare you to accuse your government of stealing from the citizens. Dead Beats. </s>
Motorcyclists in England disable highway speed cameras like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5dq_uCsTiKE
The technique might be applicable to red light cameras...
There’s a history of bribery of city officials to get the cameras approved. Always ask who at your city got something out of the deal.
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