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Originally Posted by tcar
In Denver there is an actual countdown on the crosswalk signal itself., plus the yellow.
So not needed.
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Some here change at zero and some don't for another 15 seconds which is an eternity sitting at a stop light.
Some cops around here expect a driver to come to a stop at a stop sign, not a light, and stay motionless for 2 seconds. Given all the rollers here, that is another 'eternity'. They do that because if you come to a complete, no wheels motion stop, and then immediately go, one could argue whether it was a
complete stop or not. Hence the delay to make sure. Me, if there is a cop sitting in the shadows, I try and make eye contact while
stopped.
I know that isn't germane to the technology but that technology is ripe for disputes over whether a driver made it into the intersection, past the 2nd crosswalk line, before the red came on. Why even cut it close? Whenever I do, I think afterwards it would have been easier to stop. I don't really give a rat's ass about if the guy behind me didn't get to go through.
It's my call.
Furthermore, if a camera is operating, of any kind, that records an accident in an intersection, at the point of contact the light is one color or another. Doesn't matter if it was yellow when you cross the line into the intersection. If the light is red against you when the hit occurs, you are going down as at fault whether you made it in on the yellow or not. Why the other driver was in the intersection before his green won't matter. The investigators are not going to focus on how he managed to jump the light if it's green for him when you hit.
Just take it easy. Up in Los Angeles it is common for 3-4 cars to keep proceeding to make turns well after the light has changed against them. It's ridiculous. I've been sitting at a green for 5 or more seconds waiting for this to clear up. On a 30 second light that is a good percentage.
Rant over.