Fla. Bill: Make Yellow Lights Longer

[The Straight Story]

Goldstein said he punches the gas pedal to make it through a yellow light. Goldstein told Channel 4 Tuesday night that he thinks yellow lights are too short, and he said he's happy lawmakers are considering upping the length of the light.

The state requires yellow lights to last at least three seconds. Many people Channel 4 asked thought yellow lights actually lasted longer than three seconds.

"I would say 10 or 15 seconds," said driver Lindsay Solano. "Three seconds sounds like a short period of time. Six seconds sounds OK."

Safety expert Ron Page said adding time to yellow lights won't make a difference. Page said once people realize the change in length, they will continue to barrel through yellow lights.

http://www.news4jax.com/news/28603097/detail.html

IIRC I heard a study from another country (was on the radio a year+ ago) that increasing the time of yellow lights saved more lives/less accidents than having red light cameras installed (I think it was in Australia).

[gateley]

1. Yellow lights only give you enough time to either stomp on the

brakes, or floor it. They DO need to be longer! Good luck to them! :headbang:

[GodlessBiker]

2. On the other side, we should do what they do in Berlin. Right before the green light comes on, ...

the yellow and green lights flash together for a half second, alerting drivers that they are about ready to move it.

[The Straight Story]

3. pffft this is America, we will just get an app that sends you a txt msg when it is changing

:rofl: