Once they install that camera and start collecting fines, someone figures out that they could collect more fines if they shorten the duration of the amber light. Drivers will start slamming on their brakes when the light turns yellow and there will be more rear end collisions. I'm not just jumping to logical conclusions. Statistically, this is what happens.Maybe it would make people learn that yellow means slow down, proceed with caution instead of flooring it. I am like a few others who slow down and stop at a yellow light. I believe that the reason people run the red lights is because they added that little buffer by having a few seconds delay before the other light turns green, and they know that. Red lights aren't usually more than a couple minutes. How much of a hurry are they in?
We got slammed at our intersection when the light was green. We put our turn signal on to turn into our street and the guy behind us was rubbernecking at a car broke down on the side of the road and didn't see that we stopped. Slammed into us full speed ahead. Never touch the brake. Luckily we were not hurt.
When I approach a traffic light, I decide ahead of time where my "no stop line" is. If I have not reached that point when the light turns yellow, I slow to a stop. If I am at or past that point, I continue if the light turns amber. I don't want to try to stop, when that is not the safest option. I do not "floor it" when the light turns amber. A traffic intersection is the second most likely place to have a collision. (Parking lots are the most likely.) I do not want to increase my speed and risk increasing the severity of a possible collision.