Shapeshifter, its not hard to understand! Its because I want to...

Ooops, now I have one at the back! Maybe I should start a new trend with this one?

Tom, your comment was buried deep in post 10. Surely you don't want me to pick apart or delve into every word you have posted? Truth be said, you posted a few more times after #10. I didn't wish to single you or your comment out as a personal attack, just as a prelude to a general feeling of lawlessness apparent on todays mass transit system (road rage and idiots in general who point a 1 1/2 to 3 1/2 ton object at various speeds without regard for others). Ranting about traffic laws and the tools used to enforce them usually means someone is pissed about tickets in general and they wish they would leave people alone to do as they wish regardless of the rules. Fact is, traffic control systems are a hugely complicated system designed to move ALL traffic freely. Sometimes the civil servants get pressure from politicians, sometimes pressure from the community, sometimes they are affected by their own experiences that may or may not have have happened to themselves (close friends or loved ones). Sometimes, they just get it wrong. The point here is they are pressured to do what they do the best they can. Instead of ranting on a board, people should go to their city/county council meetings and start the process of a review of the particular traffic problems your having to live with. There is a system of review, if points are well taken, documented correctly, and the existing system is flawed, they will correct it. Now in their defence, maybe your not aware of a particular point to have them set up as they are? If you start that process of review, they will let anyone who persues it know why they are set the way they are. One final note, traffic systems today are many times interlinked throughout multiple intersections/roadways. One change in any portion of any interweaved system will cause a ripple effect throughout that particular system of control. Its not easy to modify one thing in those multi-system sequences. In your research into why a particular system is doing what it is doing, you may find out just exactly why a particular light is there, and why it is as important it is controlling what it it is controlling.

Finally, revenue generation has and will be a governing factor everywhere. Personally, I think parking tickets should be counted in driving records and insurance rates. Generating revenue allows communities to afford more cops and equipment. More cops and equipment means catching more of the scum of the communities, and it keeps the local economy vibrant (donut shops)! For all you cops out there, that was a JOKE! Peace out!