Am I Guilty? I think not!
Let me start by saying I do not remember ever having a traffic ticket in my 50 years of personal and professional driving. That said here is what happened while driving through Alabama, the route I h...
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If the yellow light were longer, he might have entered into the intersection still on a yellow light instead of red. The length of yellow light is to give time to react and safely stop *before* entering the intersection. The time it takes to get through an intersection should be addressed by the "all-red" clearance time. Traffic lights govern entering the intersection, not exiting it.
Short yellow lights are key to these cameras generating revenue, and directly counter to safety. A huge fraction (often >80%) of violations come in the first few tenths of a second--well before the other direction sees a green light.
Short yellow lights are key to these cameras generating revenue, and directly counter to safety. A huge fraction (often >80%) of violations come in the first few tenths of a second--well before the other direction sees a green light.
