In Seattle they bust you for running a yellow light. In D.C. as well but only if it turns red before you clear the intersection..
On Fri, Dec 8, 2017 at 12:42 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Agreed, but in our case the County and a number of surrounding cities that > have them used yellow light timings that were below the state recommended > minimums. In other words, there wasn’t enough time to clear the > intersection based on the recommendations of traffic engineers. > > They got busted in a similar manner, as we’ve got a guy over in Pinellas > County who documented this in great detail. When he presented his report > to the various municipalities, they went back and adjusted the yellow light > times to the state recommended values. After this got major press in the > local media, of course. > > Guess what? The number of red light tickets decreased significantly, as > did the revenue from the tickets. What an amazing correlation. A couple > of cities decided it was no longer worth it and dropped their red light > cameras. > > And I might add, he also was able to prove that the installation of red > light cameras did nothing to decrease the number of accidents at these > intersections, either, which was the rationale the politicians used to put > them in. So that line of reasoning went out the window as well. > > A pretty funny story with these - a local prosecutor got busted by a red > light camera doing a right turn on red. He successfully fought the ticket > and brought out of the shadows a very obscure state law that says you don’t > have to come to a complete stop for a right turn on red - you just have to > slow down to 11 mph or less. Using the camera data he was able to prove he > was moving slower than this when he turned and the camera fired. This > caused a massive roll back of tickets that had been issued for similar > reasons. > > -D > > > On Dec 8, 2017, at 12:27 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > I got no tolerance for red light runners. Speed cameras are another > > matter. I collect these like beanie babies. > > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
