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Challenge every Red Light Camera Ticket!
On Fri, 24 Sep 2004 08:24:42 -0400, Geoff
> puked: > > >Full_Name wrote: > >> Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2004 01:09:30 -0400 >> From: Full_Name > >> Reply-To: >> Newsgroups: rec.autos.makers.chrysler, alt.autos.ford, alt.autos.gm, >> alt.law-enforcement >> Subject: Challenge every Red Light Camera Ticket! >> >> On Fri, 24 Sep 2004 02:19:37 GMT, BTR1701 > >> wrote: >> >> >In article >, Threeducks >> > wrote: >> > >> >> You must not live in an area with high traffic volumes. Simply >> >> "redesigning" intersections isn't going to stop red light runners. >> > >> >Depends on the redesign. >> > >> >If you redesign it so that one road passes under or over the other and >> >you eliminate the need for the signal entirely... well, I'd bet that >> >would lower the number of red-light runners to zero. >> >> That would totally eliminate all left turn accidents as well. >> Round-abouts minimize the severity of the inevitable accidents. >> They're even starting to now bring them to this continent. >> > >We've started to get them in Metro Detroit. > >I don't understand why they're supposed to be all that great. For one >thing, it virtually assures that everyone reaching the intersection >*has* to stop. Not so with a traditional intersection, where people who >are traveling at the correct speed can sail through green light after >green light. > >The intersection near my home where they've implemented this is a >relatively low-traffic-volume spot. I imagine it would be absolutely >miserable in higher-traffic-volume places. > >Bridges with ramps just intuitively seem better to me. > Bridges cost a fortune and don't work everywhere. They've been plugging them in Davie, Florida, and they work great. It's a yield sign, and you can pretty much just blow through the intersection if your timing's right. It takes some getting used to, but once you do they're great. -- lab~rat >:-) Do you want polite or do you want sincere? |
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On Fri, 24 Sep 2004 08:24:42 -0400, Geoff
> puked: > > >Full_Name wrote: > >> Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2004 01:09:30 -0400 >> From: Full_Name > >> Reply-To: >> Newsgroups: rec.autos.makers.chrysler, alt.autos.ford, alt.autos.gm, >> alt.law-enforcement >> Subject: Challenge every Red Light Camera Ticket! >> >> On Fri, 24 Sep 2004 02:19:37 GMT, BTR1701 > >> wrote: >> >> >In article >, Threeducks >> > wrote: >> > >> >> You must not live in an area with high traffic volumes. Simply >> >> "redesigning" intersections isn't going to stop red light runners. >> > >> >Depends on the redesign. >> > >> >If you redesign it so that one road passes under or over the other and >> >you eliminate the need for the signal entirely... well, I'd bet that >> >would lower the number of red-light runners to zero. >> >> That would totally eliminate all left turn accidents as well. >> Round-abouts minimize the severity of the inevitable accidents. >> They're even starting to now bring them to this continent. >> > >We've started to get them in Metro Detroit. > >I don't understand why they're supposed to be all that great. For one >thing, it virtually assures that everyone reaching the intersection >*has* to stop. Not so with a traditional intersection, where people who >are traveling at the correct speed can sail through green light after >green light. > >The intersection near my home where they've implemented this is a >relatively low-traffic-volume spot. I imagine it would be absolutely >miserable in higher-traffic-volume places. > >Bridges with ramps just intuitively seem better to me. > Bridges cost a fortune and don't work everywhere. They've been plugging them in Davie, Florida, and they work great. It's a yield sign, and you can pretty much just blow through the intersection if your timing's right. It takes some getting used to, but once you do they're great. -- lab~rat >:-) Do you want polite or do you want sincere? |
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