Increase in motorist red light runners?

esuhl

I can't wait until all cars are fitted with GPS tracking, so that drivers will receive fines automatically every time they jump a red light or break the speed limit. Cars could even be programmed to disable themselves for a period of time following a succession of traffic offences, making the roads nicer for everyone.

squirrelcyril

As well as those who sail through on Amber when they are almost stopped and most certainly could have stopped safely before the lights.

alanrowell

If they installed red light cameras round my way they'd bring in so much money the council wouldn't need to charge Council Tax

NBLondon

Johno100 wrote: »

It sounds like that junction would benefit from a right turn phase in the traffic lights. And if the second and third vehicles have already passed the stop line of the junction they are of course going to complete their right turn if there is no opposing traffic, they aren't just going to sit in the middle of the junction and !!!!!! it up for everyone else.

I agree - a 3 second right-turn arrow would allow those 2 or 3 to clear the junction safely. Especially as the next phase is sometimes all-red with green-man on the pedestrian crossings so pedestrians and the odd cyclist are starting to cross the road they are turning into! (The cyclists are using the crossings rather than stop in the middle of two flows of 25mph traffic - quite understandably.)

dannyrst

worried_jim wrote: »

It's pointless sitting there when there is no other traffic.

I'd suggest writing to your MP, rather than just going through a red light because you're impatient though. Many people use traffic lights to know when it's safe to cross, for example.

Madbags

We have a junction which I have to go through about 3 times a day, all traffic lighted and 3 possible routes to go when approaching and people are always jumping red lights there. It's an extremely busy junction and a rather confusing one too.


I have seen quite a few near misses on it and more often than not people run these red lights then end up in the yellow box while the others turn green blocking the traffic for at least one of the lanes until their lane flows through.


It's pretty damn inconsiderate if you ask me. Worse part is, why people are in such a rush when you're literally just speeding towards another set of traffic lights set to red or another line of slow moving traffic? It doesn't save you any time.


I've never run a red but have amber gambled a couple times when I'm already doing the speed limit say and it's just not safe to stop so suddenly but I've always found literally on 99% of occasions it hasn't saved me any time at all!