--- From: "Raymond D. Mereniuk" <Raymond@private> Organization: FBN Technical Services To: Declan McCullagh <declan@private> Date: Sat, 14 Feb 2004 22:20:19 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [Politech] Replies to a contrarian, supportive view of red light Hello I drive a delivery van in a large metro area, Vancouver BC. It is a van which is marked in the company colors and telephone number. If I drive aggressively or in a passive manner people call my employer to complain. This metro area has a large number of red-light camera sites with a limited number of cameras which are rotated through the available sites. From what I see the yellow light duration has not been shortened to enhance the number of possible infractions. What I do see when I do see the camera flash lighting up is a person getting a well deserved ticket. How do we police and punish drivers for breaking a basic trust we expect of other drivers on the road? I see many drivers entering an intersection 1 or 2 seconds, sometimes as late as 5 seconds, after I see a green light. If I am the first vehicle in line at a traffic signal I never proceed until I have looked in both directions for vehicles failing to obey opposing traffic signals. There must be some method of policing situations where vehicles are required to obey traffic signals. If the yellow light duration is shortened that is plain wrong. In my area I don't see shortened yellow light durations to enhance revenue from redlight cameras. Driving must be a predictable affair, if I have a greenlight I should be able to proceed without fear of a rogue driver deciding his signal was of no importance. Redlight cameras, if properly configured, enforce what should be expected of your fellow citizens, that vehicles should stop for redlights or stale yellow lights. Virtually Raymond D. Mereniuk Raymond@private FBN - Offering PUP - Unbreakable Encryption Techology http://www.fbntech.com/pup.html _______________________________________________ Politech mailing list Archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ Moderated by Declan McCullagh (http://www.mccullagh.org/)
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