Scruit Posted November 20, 2013 Report Share Posted November 20, 2013 http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2013/11/18/phila-road-engineers-say-speeders-will-trigger-red-lights-on-kelly-drive/?hpt=us_bn7 If you speed on Kelly Drive in Philly you can expect the intersections ahead to turn red for you. Interesting... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRMN8TR Posted November 20, 2013 Report Share Posted November 20, 2013 Interesting concept, I like it better than just ticketing everyone for speeding. Sucks for the rest of the motorists travelling at the speed limit down a road getting stuck at red lights because someone else is speeding. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gixxus Christ! Posted November 21, 2013 Report Share Posted November 21, 2013 Same with broad in the falls pauly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scruit Posted November 21, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 21, 2013 (edited) When I was in University in the UK there was a long stretch of road going into Sheffield that had something like 7 or 8 sets of lights. The lights were timed so that if you were doing the speed limit you would only his one red. If you went too fast you'd hit the tail end of the red of the next light. There was no active scanning/switching of lights, just the timing. Once you got caught at one red, the timing meant you hit the first part of the green on the rest of the lights. Worked out great. Speeds were always close to the speed limit and everyone knew it and we would have greens almost all the way through. Edited November 21, 2013 by Scruit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BMMW Posted November 21, 2013 Report Share Posted November 21, 2013 You would be amazed at the amount of people who do 50+ down 35 mph streets. Speeding on the freeway is acceptable, but speeding in rural areas is not. I'm guessing there will be a bit more people running orange lights. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldschoolsdime92 Posted November 21, 2013 Report Share Posted November 21, 2013 Downtown troys the same way. If you hit the first light green , and run 32 mph, it's very rare if you hit a red Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helmutt Posted November 22, 2013 Report Share Posted November 22, 2013 I agree with the idea, but ultimately will surely lead to nothing but a huge dose of fuel on a road rage fire. If this catches on everywhere, we'll all be in for damn good YouTubes of some leadfooted assfaces getting their noggins kicked in by a line of stop-n-go haters Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Posted November 22, 2013 Report Share Posted November 22, 2013 (edited) if the average speed they see is 50 mph, why do they have the speed limit set so low at 35 mph? revenue generation? this is a 4 lane road, not some narrow residential street. they could easily bump it up to 45 and just call it a day. Edited November 22, 2013 by John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blue03636 Posted November 22, 2013 Report Share Posted November 22, 2013 if the average speed they see is 50 mph, why do they have the speed limit set so low at 35 mph? revenue generation? this is a 4 lane road, not some narrow residential street. they could easily bump it up to 45 and just call it a day. There is way more factored into a speed limit than just number of lanes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cOoTeR Posted November 24, 2013 Report Share Posted November 24, 2013 You would be amazed at the amount of people who do 50+ down 35 mph streets. Speeding on the freeway is acceptable, but speeding in rural areas is not. I'm guessing there will be a bit more people running orange lights.Do you mean urban areas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BMMW Posted November 26, 2013 Report Share Posted November 26, 2013 Yes ... urban. Thanks for the help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cOoTeR Posted November 26, 2013 Report Share Posted November 26, 2013 I can see bored high school kids going out and speeding just to piss people off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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