The cities that install red light cameras would not shorten the yellow lights would they? Even in towns that are not purposely trying to rip-off their citizens, the people installing the camera systems are. According to this article, Redflex in the city of League City, Texas has been busted doing just that!
"The camera company installed cameras here like they have done elsewhere where they knew they could take advantage of the poor engineering and short yellow change intervals," Schirmbeck told TheNewspaper. "Instead of fixing the problem and seeing what effect that has they choose to profit from a dangerous situation."
The practice of shortening yellow light intervals is very common because it is also very profitable. From the story:
"A study by the Texas Transportation Institute found that violations jumped 110 percent when yellow light timing was reduced by one second under the bare minimum amount (view study). Conversely, the addition of one second beyond the bare minimum yielded a 40 percent collision reduction."
So there you go. The cities and companies that put in red light cameras do not care about your safety. In fact they are making driving more dangerous on purpose so they can make money off of you. This is not a gray area, if you live where politicians have installed cameras they are purposefully endangering your safety to make money.
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