A longer yellow light is safer
A longer yellow light is the best way to manage the collisions that occur at intersections.
Numerous studies on red light cameras show that while they can reduce the number of more serious T-bone type crashes, they more often result in a spike in rear-end collisions. Aurora put them in two years ago and the number of tickets and accidents has gone up.
The article goes on to mention that increasing the yellow light time has already worked for other Colorado cities:
Fort Collins put in cameras on South College Avenue at Drake Road in 1997. For eight years, an average of 166 tickets were generated every month, while the accident rate at the corner went up 83 percent over 10 years.
In August 2005, traffic engineers bumped the yellow light from four seconds to five.
?“Within a week, the police called us,?” said Ward Stanford, acting traffic engineer. ?“They knew pretty quick we had done something because the infractions went down significantly.?”
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A longer yellow light is the best way to manage the collisions that occur at intersections.
Numerous studies on red light cameras show that while they can reduce the number of more serious T-bone type crashes, they more often result in a spike in rear-end collisions. Aurora put them in two years ago and the number of tickets and accidents has gone up.
The article goes on to mention that increasing the yellow light time has already worked for other Colorado cities:
Fort Collins put in cameras on South College Avenue at Drake Road in 1997. For eight years, an average of 166 tickets were generated every month, while the accident rate at the corner went up 83 percent over 10 years.
In August 2005, traffic engineers bumped the yellow light from four seconds to five.
?“Within a week, the police called us,?” said Ward Stanford, acting traffic engineer. ?“They knew pretty quick we had done something because the infractions went down significantly.?”
By Driving me crazy...
