RLC in Florida

 

Florida City. Dixie Highway. I was stopped at a light when an ambulance approached with siren. All lanes were blocked. I decided to proceed against the light when the cross traffic stopped. The next light had a RLC. I don't know what I would have done there.

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RLC Florida

I heard on the news they were pulling the RLC's out of Jacksonville, some problem with prosecution.

As a side note, while traveling in a former USSR country in a cab when the light goes yellow the cars all brake hard. I asked the driver why and apparently when they catch you with any part of your car over the line on red its straight to jail. On the plus side all of the stoplights have countdown timers showing the seconds until green, still nobody goes early.

Same here

arthurk wrote:

I heard on the news they were pulling the RLC's out of Jacksonville, some problem with prosecution.

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I heard that too however they are still up.

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Retired Street Pilot C550, Garmin Drive 50 USA+CAN LMT 5, I phone 12 pro.

Increase Yellow-Light Time

There is increasing concern about the use of Red Light Cameras.

This is partly due to Senior Driver reaction time to the yellow-light being slower than the average driver.

In cities with a larger senior population the elderly drivers are receiving a larger percentage of the tickets.

There is an effort underway to promote increasing the yellow-light time by one second at camera equipped intersections.

More information can be found at:

http://watchdogwire.com/florida/2013/02/16/study-finds-red-l...

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romanviking

Thanks for the info

romanviking wrote:

There is increasing concern about the use of Red Light Cameras.

This is partly due to Senior Driver reaction time to the yellow-light being slower than the average driver.

In cities with a larger senior population the elderly drivers are receiving a larger percentage of the tickets.

There is an effort underway to promote increasing the yellow-light time by one second at camera equipped intersections.

More information can be found at:

http://watchdogwire.com/florida/2013/02/16/study-finds-red-l...

Great stuff, unfortunately we all are getting older and soon we will be senior citizens.

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Retired Street Pilot C550, Garmin Drive 50 USA+CAN LMT 5, I phone 12 pro.