RE: Red light runners and other criminals

["Simpson, Jr, Joe B." <jbs@domain.elided>]

I wrote: 

>C M Smith <cmsmith@domain.elided> writes:
>
>>...The perpendicular light 
>>turns green when your light turns red
>
>Not always.  Around these parts (Raleigh/Durham, NC) most lights have a
>delay programmed between one light turning red and the perpendicular
>light turning green.  IMHO this is a BAD feature that actually encourages
>people to run through even later in the cycle, and makes it doubly
>dangerous when bozos who are used to "taking advantage of" the delay
>go to areas where, unbeknownst to them, there is no delay.

Zoikes!  I missed C M's next paragraph where he described exactly this.
Please ignore me.

- - joe

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