Comments on: City Recommends More Intersection Collisions

By: JIMC5499

JIMC5499 — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 18:49:48 +0000

Don’t forget the fees that many cities charge for having Emergency Services come to the scene of an accident. More collisions = More fees.

By: alpan

alpan — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 10:07:44 +0000

I got ticketed at one of these red light cameras for going through a yellow light here in NYC. The next time I passed the camera array, the light turned yellow. What do you think I did? I hit the brakes. An uninsured driver rear-ended me, totaled both our cars and put me in the hospital. These cameras are not there for “public safety”. The politicians would rather dance in your blood while you get injured. What’s wrong with just increasing the yellow light signal and the time both lights are red? Simple – there’s no money in that.

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By: Roger Ticket Dodger

Roger Ticket Dodger — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 02:32:45 +0000

Stephen really makes the best points here. He profves it with studies, and facts. Cameras flashing brightly all over in peoples faces are a distraction. In my city they installed 8 of these, and the exact same thing has been reported as well. It’s the flashing lights from the camera light that is the problem here.

By: CeeDub

CeeDub — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 01:54:47 +0000

When I was in China not too long ago I noticed that, rather than following the U.S. practice of spending money to put up cameras to “catch” errant drivers running traffic signals that give 3-4 sec yellow warnings, they are installing digital countdown timers that are coupled with generous yellow warnings to inform drivers of how much time is left before the light is going to change – the countdown timer starts as soon as the light turns green.
It appears the Chinese have learned that a successful economy can be built without imposing criminal penalties ones own population or engaging in self-serving jingoistic exploits abroad.

By: George

George — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 20:29:26 +0000

Sure, cameras cause plenty of accidents.
I don’t want to put up with the wanton criminality of the local city councils, and corrupt courts/judges in fighting illegal red light cameras. They violate my rights, which are protected by the 5th amendment to the US Constitution-no if’s, ands, or butts about it.

So, when the light goes yellow, I am on the brakes as hard as it takes to stop at the line, no farther. If this entails braking with 1g of peak deceleration, so be it. Many semi-tractor trailer, and pickup/SUVs, and cars can not even hit 1g deceleration with the tires they have, or even average 0.75g braking.
I have not been rear ended [yet] and even if I am, I would not be at fault.

By: clark

clark — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 10:09:25 +0000

fascism.

By: MaineLinuxGuy

MaineLinuxGuy — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 02:44:14 +0000

Why not eliminate the issue altogether and start replacing all four way intersections with rotaries? This speeds things up in intersections a lot.

By: wozerd

wozerd — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 10:12:26 +0000

The disparity in the mindsets of people all on the same road at the same time is frightening. The rigid adherance to the speed limit by the paranoid, the self appointed traffic nazi bent on controlling traffic flow from the left lane and the delusional driver who, wrapped in self rightiousness, is convinced of their safety by strictly following the rules.
Many of the respondants here can fit into one of these catagories. Of course, there are the “scofflaws” but worse are those that cannot actually drive, those that should use public transportation so they can use cell phones, eat, dream or whatever without having to actually concentrate on such mundane things as other drivers.
This is as it has been since the advent of the automatic transmission and air conditioning.
I wonder how many of you would deal with what’s occuring in many European cities: They are removing all traffic control signs and light, leaving, in most cases, only one rule— courtesy.

By: bones

bones — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 23:15:12 +0000

cameras do not “cause” crashes.

1>driving too fast, 2>following too close or 3>not paying attention cause crashes.

It doesn’t matter how quick or unexpected the driver in front of me stops because he is afraid of a rlc. If I’m not doing one of the 3 things mentioned, or under the influence, I’m not going to rear end someone.

So maybe these rlc’s are trading one evil for another, ie rear end collisions instead of angle (t-bone) collissions. But for me personally, I’d rather take my chances in a rear end collossion that be struck in the driver/ passenger door by a car speeding to beat the light.