Road design, safety and Vision Zero

[danbrotherston]

This is on point. Our traffic lights already have a tolerance built in, signaled with yellow lights. You are supposed to stop if able on an amber, people who choose not to risk running a red if they misjudge.

On flashing, I'm really surprised that this is necessary. We have high definition night vision cameras, we shouldn't need a flash to take a picture.

And you could already be ticketed for running an amber.

The flash may have additional beneficial effects like letting people know that they're on notice.

You can be ticketed for running an amber, but no red light camera issues tickets for that (it is considered a judgement call).

I would also bet some money that no amber ticket has been issued to a driver not involved in a collision in the history of our province. Now, that's a long time, so I wouldn't bet a lot of money, but I think it's not an unlikely reality.