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awebr t1_jdom8bf wrote

Repeal seatbelt laws! This is a loss of our freedom of choice!

There's also no such thing as a "green light camera" and nothing in the bill is wholesale banning right turn on red. In dense downtown areas with a lot of pedestrian traffic, restricting right on red absolutely makes sense, in rural areas, not so much.

And regarding automated enforcement, do people really think stationing armed officers at a couple intersections around town to catch red light runners is the best means of enforcement? A camera works 24/7 and frees up officers to attend to actual police matters and not just traffic duty. I've watched officers pull people over for a couple days at a big problem intersection in New Haven - the issue is that once an officer is busy issuing a ticket, the intersection is completely unenforced for the next 10 minutes. Traffic duty is a strain on our officers and we have the technology to fix it. For the most part, the people scared of automated red light / speed enforcement are the ones who have enjoyed breaking the law to save 30 seconds on their commute.

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mynameisnotshamus t1_jdon8qy wrote

I’m questioning that you saw someone in New Haven get pulled over for a traffic infraction. I’ve never heard of that happening. /s , but seriously… I’ve never seen it or heard of it happening. I know at one point in the 90’s the police were told not to.

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awebr t1_jdqw4e0 wrote

I know it was an incredible sight! It's actually happened a few times at the new intersection of the route 34 connector and orange st. There's red light runners essentially every single cycle of the signal because people are flying off the highway and not following the reduced speed limit signs in advance of the signal (although I don't fully blame them, nothing was done to change the design of the road to make it feel less like a highway) so there's been some targeted enforcement there.

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