@half_fiction@fuckwit_mcbumcrumble A greater raw number of crashes is sometimes observed when a new red light camera is introduced, but severe injuries and fatalities go down. The crashes prevented are of more severe types, like t-bone crashes or hitting people, while any extra crashes are the rear end variety which produces few major injuries. Plus, rear end crashes are 100% the fault of the trailing driver following too closely. After an introductory period, more people learn not to tailgate.
@half_fiction@fuckwit_mcbumcrumble Tailgating is a ridiculously stupid behavior that far too many US drivers routinely engage in. It’s like nobody had physics or driver’s ed in high school. On any given day, 1/4 of the drivers are following the vehicle in front of them at a speed and distance that would not allow them to stop if the car in front encountered an obstacle and had to stop or slow suddenly. It’s completely preventable and cars can and should be designed to prevent it.
Rear-end collisions are significantly safer than T-bone collisions though.
Sucks for those affected but reduces deaths nonetheless. A fivefold increase in rear-end collisions doesn’t offset the benefit from even just a 10% reduction in T-bones. Put them up everywhere and people will necessarily get used to them. These cameras exist everywhere around here in Germany and no one really slams on their breaks.
Besides, why haven’t you created norms for the duration of the yellow light based on the speed limit of a road? I feel like that’s something every country should have.
This is one of the reasons places have taken out red light cameras, as well. It was causing people to slam on the brakes.
@half_fiction @fuckwit_mcbumcrumble A greater raw number of crashes is sometimes observed when a new red light camera is introduced, but severe injuries and fatalities go down. The crashes prevented are of more severe types, like t-bone crashes or hitting people, while any extra crashes are the rear end variety which produces few major injuries. Plus, rear end crashes are 100% the fault of the trailing driver following too closely. After an introductory period, more people learn not to tailgate.
@half_fiction @fuckwit_mcbumcrumble Tailgating is a ridiculously stupid behavior that far too many US drivers routinely engage in. It’s like nobody had physics or driver’s ed in high school. On any given day, 1/4 of the drivers are following the vehicle in front of them at a speed and distance that would not allow them to stop if the car in front encountered an obstacle and had to stop or slow suddenly. It’s completely preventable and cars can and should be designed to prevent it.
It was causing people to stop at red lights? Can’t have that can we.
It causes people to stop at the first sign of a yellow light, whether or not it was actually safe to or not.
Many cities who implemented red light cameras also deliberately decreased the length of yellow lights in order to boost tickets.
Rear-end collisions are significantly safer than T-bone collisions though.
Sucks for those affected but reduces deaths nonetheless. A fivefold increase in rear-end collisions doesn’t offset the benefit from even just a 10% reduction in T-bones. Put them up everywhere and people will necessarily get used to them. These cameras exist everywhere around here in Germany and no one really slams on their breaks.
Besides, why haven’t you created norms for the duration of the yellow light based on the speed limit of a road? I feel like that’s something every country should have.