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100percent100percent t1_j5c1nik wrote

Reply to comment by rossiterpj in Obnoxiously loud car? A traffic camera might be listening by rossiterpj

I do late night deliveries and sometimes I have to run red lights that never change. I'm sitting there for no reason at 3am with no other cars.

I'm for better enforcement of dangerous running of red lights obviously, but I don't want to get an automatic ticket because the stupid light hasn't turned green for 5 minutes at 3 in the morning.

I personally think you should be able to treat red lights as stop signs between 2am-5am or something like that. It's ridiculous how long I just sit at lights for absolutely no reason. Like it probably is close to an hour of my time that I'm out doing deliveries in a night.

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Taco_Man- t1_j5clfag wrote

They do this in Puerto Rico. I don’t know the exact times, but sometime after midnight the lights all go flashing red (essentially a stop sign) since there’s hardly anyone on the road at that time. Good idea if you ask me.

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kesagatame-and-Chill t1_j5c3gx0 wrote

This is how pedestrians get killed.

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100percent100percent t1_j5c4iqi wrote

I'm not saying you can blow through lights, I'm saying that when it's the middle of the night, you stop at the light, look around, make sure it's clear and continue.

I'm out super late almost every night, the roads are empty. There is no reason to sit at a red light with no other cars coming. You would still have to yield to pedestrians and its very rare I see anyone on the sidewalks at that hour anyway.

How is that any different than a stop sign? They either need to allow us to continue, or change more lights to flashing red during late night hours like some areas already do.

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eddie964 t1_j5crjtj wrote

I'm sympathetic, but I think the solution is a review of light timing and maybe some blinking reds during the wee hours. When people start to see stopping at red lights a suggestion, it can get to be an awfully slippery slope.

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100percent100percent t1_j5cxyh8 wrote

I'm fine with switching them to flashing, thats already a thing but so few lights do it.

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YankeeinNCandIhateit t1_j5evfsm wrote

Considering the fact that half the lights in New Haven are no longer functioning as designed, and instead flash red for one side and yellow for the other, this will be the default soon enough!

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