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Re: red light cameras CAUSE accidents
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Mon, 23 Sep 2002 16:08:40 GMT
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> If a driver were rear-ended as a result of the unreasonably shortened
> yellows, could that driver (or the rear-ender, for that matter) seek damages
> from the camera company if it could be proven that the light's length was at
> issue?
Not in the UK. We always have to maintain a safe stopping distance... which
makes sense.
As I understand it, the length of the yellow is some kind of
> function of the speed limit and the overall traffic volume through the area.
> With this in mind, it becomes harder to cite a specific "right" length of
> the yellow, but it seems to me that the previous length was chosen for a reason.
Normally the focus is on the "intergreen" period - this will be 5-7 seconds
for a bogg-standard 30 mph set-up. This includes the red/amber (“get ready”)
and amber times (yes, I am a civil engineer).
Scott A
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| (...) Forget all that. Can you tell me why, when I see those Police Video shows from the UK, the surveillance cameras in the cop cars always show the speed in MPH? Are you folks finally seeing the light and giving up on that cumbersome, (...) (22 years ago, 23-Sep-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) See? I've always told you that you can't trust private corporations to run things! Seriously though, I'd be interested to hear more about the truncated yellows. If the cameras are "causing" accidents because people are pushing the existing (...) (22 years ago, 23-Sep-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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