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Yellow-light times found to be too short at 3 red-light camera intersections
Yellow-light times found to be too short at 3 red-light camera intersections
A survey by engineers and experts for a motorist advocacy group of four intersections with red-light cameras found that three have shorter yellow-light times than a formula in the law says they should.
The surveys, done this week by experts working with the National Motorists Association New Jersey chapter, found short yellow-light times at intersections in Cherry Hill, New Brunswick and Gloucester. An intersection surveyed in East Brunswick had the proper yellow-light time for the speeds that 85 percent of the traffic was traveling at.
“The NMA’s position is fix it, or end it (the Red light Camera program),” said Steve Carrellas, NMA New Jersey chapter coordinator. “A short yellow light is unsafe and a scam.” (Higgs, Asbury Park Press)
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We can’t leave this up to politicians looking to fleece NJ drivers. They are NOT there for safety but for revenue only. We need to elect responsible representatives who will ban camera lights. In a time when people can be tracked by their own cars ‘black box’ and drones are getting the green light (pardon the pun) to cruise the skies over law-abiding citizens, this initiative needs to be stopped!