L Sternn
Your belief is completely off the mark.
Only in cases where someone runs the red well after the light changed. If yellow light interval times were consistent with actual traffic speeds and typical driver reaction times and braking distances, then it becomes much easier to determine whether one can make it through the light.
If someone is worried about running a red light when they see a "stale" green light ahead, then there's something wrong with the traffic light.
It's quite easy to find many good arguments against them. For instance, there are several examples of interstate speed limit reductions in some of the larger cities in TX. IIRC, the limits were reduced from 70 to 55 mph. This was because the air quality around those areas didn't meet EPA standards. Of course, it should be noted that EPA models were not accurately determining the primary cause of pollution. For instance, overall NOx emissions are really no different whether traffic is going 70 vs 55 mph. Second, pollution could be coming from other areas besides traffic.
In any case, it's clear that those speed limit reductions had nothing to do with safety. If speed cameras were installed and used for speed enforcement on those highways, are you still going to say that you don't have a good argument against them?
It depends. In areas where speed limits are "prima facie," that argument could be used in court. But the source of the problem are limits that don't reflect actual traffic speeds. That's why there are many people against photo enforcement of speed limits.
Perhaps if points could be buttessed for tickets issued by speed cameras, then there will be an uproar (hint: It already happened in Hawaii). The result will either be removal of the cameras, or revision of the speed limits. The former will happen much more readily.
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Perhaps you should direct your efforts to get the law changed so that speed limits represent actual traffic speeds. Then you won't have to speed anymore.
Let them come and see how long they stay.
