Three ways to FIX a STOP LIGHT (so drivers ACTUALLY STOP!)

Some stop lights are broken. Even if every corner had a red-light camera, many people would still run red lights. Here are the three toolkits engineers use to reduce or eliminate red-light running— often without a camera! Buy me tacos 😀🌮►   / roadguyrob   Ask a road question ► https://www.roadguyrob.com/interchange Learn the science behind making a safe, perfect YELLOW LIGHT:    • Are some yellow lights TOO SHORT? (Math to...   ------------------------- Sources cited: ------------------------- "Red Light Camera Systems: Operational Guidelines," Federal Highway Administration. Jan. 2005. https://safety.fhwa.dot.gov/intersect... "Red-Light-Running Handbook: An Engineer's Guide to Reducing Red-Light Related Crashes," Texas Transportation Institute via Texas A&M University. Sep. 2004. https://static.tti.tamu.edu/tti.tamu.... "Roundabouts," Federal Highway Administration via California LTAP. Sep. 2014. https://californialtap.org/pscm/Calif... "14-year-old Santa Clarita skateboarder, struck and killed, is identified," Los Angeles Daily News. 17 Jul. 2015. https://www.dailynews.com/2015/07/17/... "Young Skateboarder Struck, Killed in Marked Crosswalk in Santa Clarita," KTLA 5 News. 16 Jul. 2015. https://ktla.com/news/local-news/skat... ------------------------- Time sections: ------------------------- Ticket cameras don't work sometimes (0:00) Intentional/unintentional red-light running (1:49) Make red lights easier to see (4:01) Help you safely slow down for a red (7:30) Reduce how often you need to stop (10:29) Conclusion (11:47)