On Sunday, August 16, 2015 at 8:37:27 PM UTC-4, Ashton Crusher wrote:


Speaking of the UK, they did a study of the influence of speed cameras
(they have a LOT of them) on accidents and it showed that where there
were cameras that statistically the accidents INCREASED. They
attempted to bury the report. It was eventually released but
uniformly ignored by those in power. Further proof, as if more was
needed, that speed cameras are for revenue, not safety.

Same here in the U.S. Same result.

But this will be a temporary blip until drivers are retrained to obey traffic lights, not abuse them.

When traffic lights first came into use, there was no delay between red and green for the opposite road, that's what the yellow was for. Back then, drivers knew that when the yellow appeared, the red would follow and they would either stop or complete the drive through the intersection based on their speed and where they were when the yellow appeared.

Over the years, a delay was added for "safety" reasons. Of course, drivers took advantage of that and started slipping under the red knowing the other side wouldn't get the green for another second or two. In response, even more delay time was added and if you could believe it, drivers took advantage of the extra time delay!

The fact is, there is NO delay required. The yellow is sufficient, but drivers have now become used to running red lights knowing the delay exists.

I'm all for the traffic cams. There will be some problems initially, but drivers will again learn to use the yellow to judge when to stop, not the built in delay after the red.