Fly By

Last week I was driving around. As I was approaching an intersection the light turned red, and I stopped at the line. Then, about five seconds after the light turned red, another car flew by me, crossing the intersection at full speed on a clearly red light.

If this had happened a second after the light turned red, it would have been understandable (barely). But this was a clear and brutal violation of the red light law (and dangerous too, there were other cars crossing), and I regret that the police weren't there to see this.

Drive safe!

Nadav

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The Effectiveness of Chicago Cameras

One of the most common topics to complain about in Chicago are red-light cameras. They are annoying, they cost money, and their effectiveness can be doubted.

However, a new study shows that they might just be working. Why? Drivers learn where the cameras are and stop running lights. Does it stop them from running other lights? No. But it stops them from running specific lights, which are very dangerous.

Overall, the number of accidents in intersections with cameras has dropped 20% city-wide. Not bad at all for a large city.

Hopefully those cameras will become useless soon.

Nadav

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Red Light Runners

As I wrote three weeks ago, I visited Germany in July and noticed many red light runners. Until now I haven't noticed many of them where I live, since we have a very long notice before the red light. However, when I started looking carefully, I saw many red light runners.

All these light runners make me afraid. I know I should always look to both sides of the intersection before crossing, even on green, but some drivers don't even mind other cars. They just go in, letting others to stop for them.

Scary, really scary.

Have a great weekend,
Nadav

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