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Old 07-04-2012, 02:33 PM   #64 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by MetroMPG View Post
If I have to speed up to avoid catching the red, I probably could have stopped (assuming no tailgater). Maybe the amber lights are longer around here?
Could be. I know that around here, they sure aren't long enough to always stop safely - which doesn't mean a panic stop ending in the crosswalk with dog, groceries, and driver pressed against the windshield.

On some of the larger roads (with 50+ mph speed limits), they've started putting in advance warning lights a hundred yards or so from the intersection, that come on a few seconds before the yellow.
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