6 cities that shortened yellow light time for profit


	6 cities that shortened yellow light time for profit
hitchhiker08
4-2-2008 6:06 AM
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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/75336e54-5e81-4a03-b444-f02b53bb9ad3/E0419FF0-CA0D-49E6-877A-1693DBEA39E6/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.motorists.org/blog/red-light-cameras/6-cities-that-were-caught-shortening-yellow-light-times-for-profit/" href="http://www.motorists.org/blog/red-light-cameras/6-cities-that-were-caught-shortening-yellow-light-times-for-profit/" style="font-size: 11px;">www.motorists.org</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.motorists.org/blog/red-light-cameras/6-cities-that-were-caught-shortening-yellow-light-times-for-profit/"><H2><A title="Permanent Link: 6 Cities That Were Caught Shortening Yellow Light Times For Profit" rel="bookmark" href="http://www.motorists.org/blog/red-light-cameras/6-cities-that-were-caught-shortening-yellow-light-times-for-profit/">6 Cities That Were Caught Shortening Yellow Light Times For Profit</A></H2></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.motorists.org/blog/red-light-cameras/increased-yellow-light-times-make-ticket-cameras-unnecessary/" href="http://www.motorists.org/blog/red-light-cameras/increased-yellow-light-times-make-ticket-cameras-unnecessary/" style="font-size: 11px;">www.motorists.org</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.motorists.org/blog/red-light-cameras/increased-yellow-light-times-make-ticket-cameras-unnecessary/"><P><IMG width="154" height="204" border="0" align="left" alt="losttrafficlight" src="http://www.motorists.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/6CitiesThatWereCaughtShorteningYellowLig_E2D1/losttrafficlight.jpg" /> Short yellow light times at intersections have been shown to increase the number of traffic violations and accidents. Conversely, <A href="http://www.motorists.org/photoenforce/home/red-light-camera-citations-down/"><STRONG>increasing the yellow light duration</STRONG></A> can<STRONG> </STRONG>dramatically<STRONG> </STRONG><A href="http://www.motorists.org/photoenforce/home/effect-yellow-interval-timing-red-light-violation-frequency/"><STRONG>reduce red-light violations</STRONG></A> at an intersection.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.motorists.org/blog/red-light-cameras/increased-yellow-light-times-make-ticket-cameras-unnecessary/"><P>Here are some of the cities that have been caught with short yellow light times over the past few years:</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.motorists.org/blog/red-light-cameras/increased-yellow-light-times-make-ticket-cameras-unnecessary/"><STRONG>1) Chattanooga, Tennessee</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.motorists.org/blog/red-light-cameras/increased-yellow-light-times-make-ticket-cameras-unnecessary/"><STRONG>2) Dallas, Texas</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.motorists.org/blog/red-light-cameras/increased-yellow-light-times-make-ticket-cameras-unnecessary/"><STRONG>3) Springfield, Missouri</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.motorists.org/blog/red-light-cameras/increased-yellow-light-times-make-ticket-cameras-unnecessary/"><STRONG>4) Lubbock, Texas</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.motorists.org/blog/red-light-cameras/increased-yellow-light-times-make-ticket-cameras-unnecessary/"><P><STRONG>5)Nashville, Tennessee</STRONG>
Even without red light cameras, police in Nashville, Tennessee have been earning hundreds of thousands in revenue by trapping motorists in conventional ticket traps at city intersections with the shortest yellow warning time.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.motorists.org/blog/red-light-cameras/increased-yellow-light-times-make-ticket-cameras-unnecessary/"><P><STRONG>6) Union City, California</STRONG>
In 2005, Union City, California was caught trapping motorists with a yellow signal time 1.3 seconds below the minimum established by state law. As a result, the city was forced to refund more than $1 million in red light camera fines.</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/E0419FF0-CA0D-49E6-877A-1693DBEA39E6/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>
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