STOP….MAYBE?……….
BC—NOT SO FAST…Sort of like those drivers who just have to pull out in front of you when there isn’t a car behind you for miles! Ahhh…the human condition….
‘The Philadelphia study, conducted by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS), an industry group, examined red light violations using a two-step approach. First, researchers found that violations dropped by 36% after yellow lights were extended to give drivers more warning that the light was about to turn red. After red light cameras were added, remaining violations dropped by 96%.
“There’s a dramatic change in driver behavior when red light cameras are used,” says Richard Retting, senior transportation safety engineer for IIHS. “The jury is in on that question.”
The Virginia Beach study, conducted by Old Dominion University, examined signal violations at four intersections before red light cameras were installed, while they were operating and after they were removed in 2005. Violations more than tripled by August 2006.
“That’s a huge jump,” says lead researcher Bryan Porter, an associate professor of psychology at Old Dominion. “The rate of red light running was actually higher” than before the cameras were installed.’
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