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[Phil Stracchino]

wa2egp at att.net wrote:
>> Five seconds is the standard, not just nationwide but in the UK as well
>> to the best of my knowledge.  Virginia got taken hard on the red-light
>> camera scam, and was the souyrce of quite a few of the stories of cities
>> shortening yellow lights to keep from going bankrupt.  I seem to recall
>> a year or so ago that as a consequence the state had decided not to
>> permit the cameras any more.
> 
> Gee, I just did an informal survey today as I was driving and the only
> 5 seconds yellows were on a highway.  Local streets were either 2 or 3
> seconds.  I wonder if it's speed related?

Two seconds is DANGEROUSLY short.  You can look at a green light, check
your mirrors, look back ahead and be looking a red light in the face.


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