Once again, the legal system scores a victory over common sense!
Bob Wilson TIR Systems Ltd. Vancouver. -----Original Message----- From: Bill Owsley [mailto:ows...@cisco.com] Sent: March 8, 2002 7:15 AM To: Doug McKean; ieee pstc list Subject: Re: Don'r Get Caught Running a Red Traffic Light! Don't know about CA, but in this state, yes, a driver would get a ticket. Drivers are required to yield as long as they don't break a law. At 08:37 AM 3/8/2002, Doug McKean wrote: >Just as a side issue about remote monitoring of >red-light runners ... > >One unintended consequence of cameras watching >for people who run lights happened in Fremont >about 2 years ago. A couple of stop lights were >set up with cameras as an experiment. > >During the course of rush hour traffic one day at >one of the experimental camera sites, an emergency >vehicle was stuck behind several vehicles sitting >for a red light. Apparently the fire truck was boxed >in since the roads were several lanes wide and the >truck was all the way over in a right lane. Lights >and siren were blaring away. > >Q: Did any of the cars move out of the way of the >fire truck and in doing so some would have to >move through the intersection and thus thru the >red light? > >A: No. > >Reason: No one wanted to get a ticket running >the red light. > >Be rather ironic that the fire truck was responding >to the home of someone sitting at that intersection. > >Just something to think about. > >Regards, Doug McKean > ------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. Visit our web site at: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/emcs/pstc/ To cancel your subscription, send mail to: majord...@ieee.org with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Ron Pickard: emc-p...@hypercom.com Dave Heald: davehe...@mediaone.net For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: ri...@ieee.org Jim Bacher: j.bac...@ieee.org All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://ieeepstc.mindcruiser.com/ Click on "browse" and then "emc-pstc mailing list"
