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I've very occasionally heard of plates or registration stickers being stolen, but the context was usually a state that just enacted some significant increase...

L Sternn

It is. Many surface streets where I live have speed limits of 25 to 35 mph. Most traffic lights have 4 second yellow interval times. We don't have problems with red light runners here and we don't have RLCs.

The argument against RLCs can be summed up by saying that they're largely ineffective in reducing the total collision count while adjusting the yellow phase time is.

If I'm 15 seconds away from the intersection, then I'm not worried about running a red light. Try again.

Lack of due process. Accusation against the vehicle instead of the driver. Lack of demerit points against the driver's license (or whatever the equivalent is in TX).

How many speeding convictions (such as 82 in a 70) does it take to result in a license suspension in TX anyway?

Where's the argument for them? Why all the fuss about enforcing a law that has nothing to do with orderly traffic flow or safety?

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I agree with you 100%. The MD's responses here warrant the biggest "ah c'mon for crying out loud" type of response imaginable. It goes...

Why go to all the trouble of enforcing a traffic control device that doesn't meet MUTCD guidelines?

And when those fail? If photo radar is widespread, then how do you expect to avoid receiving a ticket when faster traffic pbuttes you?

They didn't in Hawaii.




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