Legislative News HB 149, Longer Amber Bill might of had it's guts ripped out!
HB 149, Longer Amber Bill might of had it's guts ripped out!
Ban the Cams has just been made aware of a "amendment" that seems to stip the requirement of longer ambers based on mph. THIS WOULD ESSNETIALLY MAKE HB 149 USELESS AT FORCING LONGER AMBER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
We wonder which scamera vendor lobbyist suggested this "change". The scamera lobbyist know full well that LONGER AMBERS KILL THE PROFITABILITY OF RLC!
This is what was stripped from line 117 thru 122:
114 1. The minimum yellow signal display duration on traffic
115 control signals shall be based on the speed limit or the actual
116 85th percentile approach speed, whichever is greater. The 85th
117 percentile approach speed is the speed at or below which 85
118 percent of free-flowing traffic is traveling. The minimum yellow
119 signal display duration shall be 3 seconds for traffic control
120 signals on streets with a speed limit or actual 85th percentile
121 approach speed of 25 miles per hour or less. The minimum yellow
122 signal display duration shall be increased one-half second for
123 each increase of 5 miles per hour in the speed limit or actual
124 85th percentile approach speed, whichever is greater, above 25
125 miles per hour, not to exceed 6 seconds.
This was what was replaced:
3 Amendment
4 Remove lines 117-122 and insert:
5 percent along with the standards set forth in the Institute of
6 Transportation Engineers Traffic Engineering Handbook, sixth
7 edition, published in March, 2009. The minimum yellow signal
8 display duration shall be 3 seconds for traffic control signals
9 on streets with a posted speed limit of 25 miles per hour or
10 less. The minimum yellow signal display duration found after the
11 evaluation or reevaluation under this paragraph shall be raised
12 to the nearest half second not to exceed 6 seconds.
BAN THE CAMS STRONGLY URGES THE ORIGINAL LANGUAGE be PUT BACK IN REQUIRING:
The minimum yellow signal display duration shall be increased one-half second for each increase of 5 miles per hour in the speed limit or actual 85th percentile approach speed, whichever is greater
We also suggest that Left and Right turns be made the same length as the straight thur signal to prevent 3 second ambers for left at 5 second striaght thru lights!
Without that LANGUAGE, HB 149 IS JUST FLUFF! NO REFORM WHATSOEVER!
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