On Thu, 07 Sep 2006 07:32:59 -0500,
(Brent P) wrote:

>In article >, Scott en Aztlán wrote:
>> http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la...ck=1&cset=true
>
>> "The intersections we've selected are those that are most congested
>> during peak traffic times, which makes drivers more prone to violate
>> the law," said Lt. Roy Jones. "We get a rising number of [such]
>> complaints when school is back in session."
>
>Translation: The intersection has various visibility and throughput
>issues and the city has decided that it can profit from those problems.
>

Which is very similar to the studies showing increasing the yellow
interval by a second or so greatly reduces red light accidents but
cities WON"T do it because it ruins their photo red light radar
justification.