Alex Rodriguez > wrote:

>In article >, says...
>
>>I think every single intersection ought to have red-light
>>cameras. It's getting pretty bad when after you get a green
>>light, you've got to wait for 2-3 cars to run the red light
>>before you can enter the intersection.
>
>The proper solution is not a camera. A camera is not going to stop an
>accident from happening or call for help after an accident occurs.

True.

> What
>needs to happen is that an engineer needs to examine the intersection and
>see why so many drivers are running red lights.

What needs to happen that a psychologist examines the drivers and
determines what deters them from doing it.

> He can then make
>recommendations on what modifications need to be made to the intersection
>to make it safer.

Such as position a police car at it?

Red light running was *very bad* in Tallahassee. People would
shoot through as a matter of routine when the intersection traffic
was already moving. Sometimes even behind intersecting traffic.
At *every* intersection in town.

Then the police started enforcing the law. Maybe because the local
newspaper (we have only one) made too much noise. Anyway, we went
from "Everyone is doing it at every intersection every time..." to
"Is this guy going through a red light??"

> That will also save a lot of money since accidents cost
>everyone one a lot of time and money.

Not to mention lives. But to save these and the pot of money,
you have to address the actual problem, not a made-up one.

Leon

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