At 5 mph the car travels 7.5 ft in 3 seconds and requires 5 ft to a complete, normal and safe, stop.

At 35 mph, the car travels 51.33 in 3 seconds, but would take 256 feet to come to a stop.

At 55 mpy, the car travels 81 ft in 3 seconds, but would require 632 ft to come to a stop.

Just a quick chart. Assumptions are good tires and driving conditions. Doesn’t consider wet roads and bald tires….

So yeah, setting all the yellow lights is further evidence of not a concern for public safety but a concern for governmental treasury increases.

http://www.highwayrobbery.net/

Californian in emphasis, but a good starting point.

I just wish that the lights had some kind of count down so that you could better judge if you need to slam on the breaks.

Count to 10 on November 22, 2012 at 9:49 AM

The little side-panels for pedestrian crosswalks in my city are being converted to have countdowns.

Apparently the idea is to better deter people from dashing across the intersection at the last moment by showing them exactly how many seconds until the light changes.

With what was said in one post a counter would really help. This would help because if your at the “point of no return” you can gun it a bit to clear, where as if your far enough back it gives you time to react and come to a nice slow stop.

That’s when a guy doesn’t bother using a condom because his partner swears up and down that he/she is “clean”.

Oh . . . you said “public”? I thought it was “pubic”. Never mind!

honsy on November 22, 2012 at 8:47 AM

And I thought you said “truss”.

public trust

What’s that?

Shy Guy on November 22, 2012 at 8:41 AM

That’s when a guy doesn’t bother using a condom because his partner swears up and down that he/she is “clean”.

Oh . . . you said “public”? I thought it was “pubic”. Never mind!