Seeing (and running) red

[robotech_master]

You know, I thought that yellow lights around here seemed awfully short lately. Turns out that Springfield, MO is one of six towns that have been caught shortening yellow times in order to lead to increased red-light-camera ticket violations. Springfield cut the yellow time at over 100 intersections while preparing for its cameras to go in.

If you're not all the way through the intersection by the time a yellow light goes red, you just "ran the red" for the purposes of law-enforcement. If yellow light times are too short, it gives motorists the hard choice between going ahead and hoping you don't run the red, or braking hard and hoping you don't get rear-ended.

Yay, my town.

Comments

[point5b.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it's an increasingly common scam, along with simply inaccurate red-light cameras. And it has actually lead to increased accidents at intersections.