• fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      6 days ago

      It causes people to stop at the first sign of a yellow light, whether or not it was actually safe to or not.

      Many cities who implemented red light cameras also deliberately decreased the length of yellow lights in order to boost tickets.

      • yetAnotherUser@discuss.tchncs.de
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        6 days ago

        Rear-end collisions are significantly safer than T-bone collisions though.

        Sucks for those affected but reduces deaths nonetheless. A fivefold increase in rear-end collisions doesn’t offset the benefit from even just a 10% reduction in T-bones. Put them up everywhere and people will necessarily get used to them. These cameras exist everywhere around here in Germany and no one really slams on their breaks.

        Besides, why haven’t you created norms for the duration of the yellow light based on the speed limit of a road? I feel like that’s something every country should have.