"G.R. Patterson III" wrote in message
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In 1970, there was a strip of highway in Greenville, SC that was like
this. In one
direction, you could travel five miles or more without a red light if you
held to
within about 2 mph either way of the speed limit. In the other direction,
you'd catch
exactly one red light doing this.

Years ago when I first lived in Denver, you could travel down Broadway Ave.
from the North side of town to the south side (several miles...probably from
Colfax to Hampden) and hit maybe one red light (out of two dozen or more) by
merely driving right at the speed limit (35-40 if memory serves).


By contrast, there's a strip of highway in Pennsylvania on which the State
posted a
speed limit around 55 mph. The local traffic director wanted 25 mph and
got
overruled, so he set the lights to all go red for anyone traveling faster
than 25
mph.

The main arterial I live off now has a 45MPH speed limit, but the lights are
synced at 55-57. Yup, the cops hide in the bushes just off the road ala
Barney Fife.

The next town over they put in traffic cams and shortened the yellow from 7
seconds to 4.5. That's another 45 zone. When someone brought a study to the
City Council meeting (regarding the shortening of the yellows), the council
denied the data right in front of their eyes.

Go figger!