Originally Posted by Jims5543 (Post 10474453)

I drive on surface roads all over town for a living every day.

I have been saying for a long time we need some sort of system that warns drivers the light is about to turn green and get your damn face out of your phone.

We sit still so much longer because people are not looking up at red lights.


When I was in Ireland, I thought the lights were awesome, they went from Green to yellow to Red then yellow again then Green.

On yellow everyone was already starting to move, by green everyone was rolling 2-3-4 cars back. It was glorious.

I wish there was a device you could put in your car that would warn you the light is about to go green. Maybe I wouldn't sit through 2nd and 3rd lights as only 10 cars get through each rotation due to sleepers.

Originally Posted by Tobra (Post 10474514)

This is yet another idea that is all ate up with stupid.

Originally Posted by rcooled (Post 10474481)

"...allows you to make better use of your time than staring at the light in anticipation."

'Better use of your time', my ass! All it'll do is encourage more people to stare at their phones every time they stop at a red light. What 'better use' of your time is there while driving than to pay constant attention to everything going on around you?

Originally Posted by wildthing (Post 10474580)

Not sure why this is necessary. Most of the time, at least around here, the light turns yellow 5 seconds after the last car crosses the sensors, or right after the walk light turns red. And the duration of yellow is the speed limit divided by 10 in seconds, e.g. a 45mph speed limit means yellow is on for 4.5 seconds. If there are too many cars, it is time based, usually 1 min, sometimes longer on busier/wider roads.

You can use this to approximate when your light will turn green by looking at the cross street lights.

Originally Posted by bleucamaro (Post 10474390)

Driving has become too dumbed down where you don't need to pay attention, so people don't.

Originally Posted by john70t (Post 10474805)

The laws in the USA are about control and revenue...not fixing problems.



https://www.icebike.org/texting-and-driving/

-Every year, about 421,000 people are injured in crashes that have involved a driver who was distracted in some way.

-Each year, over 330,000 accidents caused by texting while driving lead to severe injuries. This means that over 78% of all distracted drivers are distracted because they have been texting while driving.

-1 out of 4 car accidents in the US are caused by texting while driving.

-Texting and driving is 6 times more likely to get you in an accident than drunk driving. That’s right, it is actually safer for someone to get wasted and get behind the wheel than to text and do it.

Originally Posted by GH85Carrera (Post 10474827)

And the laws need to change to make texting and driving the same penalty as drunk driving. And certainly for texting and causing a crash.