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ChadTower:
Isn't the point of yellow to warn people it's about to turn red and provide enough warning? The problem there is people acting like yellow means "speed up to make the light" instead of "slow down it's going to turn red." All the second warning light is going to do is cause people to eventually speed up just the same. :banghead:
wp34:
--- Quote from: ChadTower on December 13, 2012, 03:46:43 pm ---
Isn't the point of yellow to warn people it's about to turn red and provide enough warning? The problem there is people acting like yellow means "speed up to make the light" instead of "slow down it's going to turn red." All the second warning light is going to do is cause people to eventually speed up just the same. :banghead:
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You are correct but the problem (around here anyway) is the yellow comes on too quickly if you are going 45 or 55 mph. You have to slam on your brakes to avoid running the light. There will be idiots that will speed up (they do anyway) but I'll use it as a way to slow early. Even the ones who speed up may likely be "running" a green light as apposed to a yellow or red without the warning.
wp34:
We had yet another function at the high school tonight (I hate December). On the way back I noticed one of the warning lights is placed right before the crest of a hill. I never noticed before but you can't quite see that stop light until the last second because of the hill. Since the warning light flashes all through the red light as well (not just on yellow) we were warned as we were coming up the slight hill that the light was going to be red.
ChadTower:
--- Quote from: wp34 on December 13, 2012, 06:13:31 pm ---You are correct but the problem (around here anyway) is the yellow comes on too quickly if you are going 45 or 55 mph. You have to slam on your brakes to avoid running the light. There will be idiots that will speed up (they do anyway) but I'll use it as a way to slow early. Even the ones who speed up may likely be "running" a green light as apposed to a yellow or red without the warning.
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They can extend the yellow time. I wonder why they didn't just do that.
wp34:
--- Quote from: ChadTower on December 14, 2012, 09:08:19 am ---
--- Quote from: wp34 on December 13, 2012, 06:13:31 pm ---You are correct but the problem (around here anyway) is the yellow comes on too quickly if you are going 45 or 55 mph. You have to slam on your brakes to avoid running the light. There will be idiots that will speed up (they do anyway) but I'll use it as a way to slow early. Even the ones who speed up may likely be "running" a green light as apposed to a yellow or red without the warning.
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They can extend the yellow time. I wonder why they didn't just do that.
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I miss-typed in my original post. The warning lights go off before the yellow not the red.
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