Some stop lights are broken. Even if every corner had a red-light camera, many people would still run red lights. Here are the three toolkits engineers use to reduce or eliminate red-light running— often without a camera!
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Sources cited:
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“Red Light Camera Systems: Operational Guidelines,” Federal Highway Administration. Jan. 2005. https://safety.fhwa.dot.gov/intersection/signal/fhwasa05002.pdf
“Red-Light-Running Handbook: An Engineer’s Guide to Reducing Red-Light Related Crashes,” Texas Transportation Institute via Texas A&M University. Sep. 2004. https://static.tti.tamu.edu/tti.tamu.edu/documents/0-4196-P1.pdf
“Roundabouts,” Federal Highway Administration via California LTAP. Sep. 2014. https://californialtap.org/pscm/CaliforniaLTAP%20PSCM%20Roundabouts%20(11-4-14).pdf
“14-year-old Santa Clarita skateboarder, struck and killed, is identified,” Los Angeles Daily News. 17 Jul. 2015. https://www.dailynews.com/2015/07/17/14-year-old-santa-clarita-skateboarder-struck-and-killed-is-identified/
“Young Skateboarder Struck, Killed in Marked Crosswalk in Santa Clarita,” KTLA 5 News. 16 Jul. 2015. https://ktla.com/news/local-news/skateboarder-struck-killed-crossing-street-in-santa-clarita/
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Time sections:
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Ticket cameras don’t work sometimes (0:00)
Intentional/unintentional red-light running (1:49)
Make red lights easier to see (4:01)
Help you safely slow down for a red (7:30)
Reduce how often you need to stop (10:29)
Conclusion (11:47)
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