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Originally Posted by sebberry
Yes, drivers "should" pay attention to the side lights, but sometimes for whatever reason some drivers don't.
This is why with proper light timings we can allow for mistakes to happen without the potentially drastic consequences.
Instead, the government feels catching someone in the act of running a light would be more appropriate than preventing a collision should someone actually race the light.
I was slowing down for a yellow light today and the guy behind me a good 30 meters back made a lane change and sped up with every intention of running the light.
I somehow don't think that someone with that sort of attitude will be "transformed" into a safe driver with red light cameras.
Red light cameras don't stop red light runners, accidental or intentional. But you can stop collisions such as the one jlenko witnessed.
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If you want to put it like that, then longer yellows will simply encourage more of the people who were going to run reds to do it more and later.
There comes a time where you have to just draw a line. Some idiocy cannot be cured as long as there is a heartbeat.