Stoplights to Mete Out Punishment?

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Stoplights to Mete Out Punishment?

Posted by michael on Friday April 9, 2004 @06:35AM from the stale-green dept.

gilrain writes "The San Francisco Chronicle is reporting that traffic engineers have created a stoplight that deals with speeding. According to the article, 'It senses when a speeder is approaching and metes out swift punishment. It doesn't write a ticket. It immediately turns from green to yellow to red.' This is not just a prototype: it is in use now at an intersection in the Bay Area. Does stopping speeders before others serve a purpose other than petty revenge? Is it even safe to change expected stoplight patterns, especially for drivers in a hurry?"

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Re:Don't forget... by Anonymous Coward · 2004-04-09 06:41 · Score: -1, Troll

Suck a boot, Nutsack!
A Stop Light To Deal With : +1, Patriotic by Anonymous Coward · 2004-04-09 06:49 · Score: -1, Troll

The World's Most Dangerous and Lying Politician

Seditiously,
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Re:Old Tech by leereyno · 2004-04-09 06:58 · Score: 0, Troll

You weren't living in Herndon, VA were you?

The speed limit there for the ENTIRE TOWN is 25mph. Cops would actually give people on bikes speeding tickets.

I have not idea how such an ordinance got passed, but last time I checked it was still in effect.

Lee

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have it hold the green by Barbarian · 2004-04-09 07:44 · Score: 0, Troll

Have it hold the green for the other direction, until there's no one going at a speed where they can't stop anymore--have bother directions red. Just in case someone figures this out, install a red-light camera and start giving out tickets to people who go through the red light regardless because they know the other direction will not get a green.
In Soviet Russia by thepuma · 2004-04-09 08:01 · Score: -1, Troll

Red light stops You!

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Re:More social engineering by Anonymous Coward · 2004-04-09 08:25 · Score: -1, Troll

All it takes is one brain-damaged chimpanzee that can't keep up. Won't somebody please think of the children?!
On a more flaimbaited note: You americans are fined for everything, and yet it's taxes you bitch about! Wake the fuck up! A society requires maintenance, maintenance individuals can't provide. You still pay for everything: roads with fines, hospitals with insurance, schools with tuitions.
Imagine if you just paid more taxes! You'd get roads without fines, hospitals when you need them, a free education! This is what socialism is like!
Nya nya from europe.
In Soviet Russia,... by the_rajah · 2004-04-09 09:01 · Score: -1, Troll

speeding violation makes you red.
Sigs? We don't need no stinking sigs...

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