City Scumbags Shortening Yellow Light Durations For Revenue
Even when studies show lengthening yellow cuts down on accidents
"LEAGUE CITY — More than 1,700 drivers given red light camera tickets in League City are due refunds, the city’s police chief said Monday.
The citations are being dismissed because the time it takes for the traffic light at FM 518 and Interstate 45 to change from yellow to red is less than state law requires....the time between a yellow light and a red light was 4 seconds, when the state requires it to be 4.7 seconds.
A bill to prevent this so-called "short cycling" was recently introduced in the Arizona state legislature.
Elsewhere, Jonathan Berr's post Shorter Yellow Lights: Are They Your Town's Latest Cash Cow? points to the National Motorists Association's summary article, 6 Cities That Were Caught Shortening Yellow Light Times For Profit. Here are the yellow-light standard times.
At the Atlantic, Jon Henke observes:
The incentives involved for the government are very perverse. If you reduce the yellow light duration, you'll get a bit more revenue. If you lengthen the yellow light duration, you'll reduce accidents and save lives. So public officials choose to....reduce yellow light duration?"
"LEAGUE CITY — More than 1,700 drivers given red light camera tickets in League City are due refunds, the city’s police chief said Monday.
The citations are being dismissed because the time it takes for the traffic light at FM 518 and Interstate 45 to change from yellow to red is less than state law requires....the time between a yellow light and a red light was 4 seconds, when the state requires it to be 4.7 seconds.
A bill to prevent this so-called "short cycling" was recently introduced in the Arizona state legislature.
Elsewhere, Jonathan Berr's post Shorter Yellow Lights: Are They Your Town's Latest Cash Cow? points to the National Motorists Association's summary article, 6 Cities That Were Caught Shortening Yellow Light Times For Profit. Here are the yellow-light standard times.
At the Atlantic, Jon Henke observes:
The incentives involved for the government are very perverse. If you reduce the yellow light duration, you'll get a bit more revenue. If you lengthen the yellow light duration, you'll reduce accidents and save lives. So public officials choose to....reduce yellow light duration?"
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