Is Every Speed Limit Too Low?

Re:Is Every Speed Limit Too Low? by obstinate on Tuesday April 25, 2017 @11:43PM (#14200275)

I'm interested to read a citation that shows that increasing yellow light length is superior to RLCs. Please send it my way. Thank you.

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Re:Is Every Speed Limit Too Low? by AnthonyMouse on Wednesday April 26, 2017 @12:38AM (#14200465)

Compare the percentages for right-angle crashes on page 63 of your link to the numbers here:

http://saferstreetsla.org/wp-content/uploads/reports/A%20Com...

Assuming the number of right-angle crashes is proportional to the number of people who run red lights, the reduction due to having a longer yellow light is larger than the reduction due to the RLC. And that's before considering the rear-end collisions, which a red light camera increases but a longer yellow light reduces.

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Re:Is Every Speed Limit Too Low? by obstinate on Wednesday April 26, 2017 @07:00AM (#14202037)

This is interesting, but it seems to mostly be focused on violations rather than crashes. I can see how the two might be related. But I also somewhat suspect that early into red violations may not be the type of red light running that causes accidents the most.

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