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Subject:Re: Photo ticket at stop lights
From:olists
Date:Fri, 13 Dec 2002 21:06:29 -0600

I was pleasantly surprised to find traffic lights that worked in "reverse"
in Germany last October. How logical to let you know the light is about to
turn green by going from red to yellow to green. I guess this just makes too
much sense for the litigation happy U.S.A.?

> Traffic
> engineering isn't exactly rocket science and has been around a while.
>
> At least one listee stated, iirc, that the yellow had been purposely set
> short for revenue purposes where cameras had been installed.  If so, I
> wonder if it's still within the range determined by ordinary safety
> factors.