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Old 07-14-2012, 07:58 PM
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Today I was driving on a connector street (don't remember the name of it) between Par Drive and 466. I had just come off of Par heading to 466. This is where Walgreens is located. So I see the traffic light is green for me and I think to myself, "good I won't have to stop." Then I noticed a car going East on 466 go right through at full speed. The light for him was red. I couldn't believe my eyes at first. There was one car stopped at the light in the left lane. Wouldn't that give him a clue that the light was red?

I made a right turn and saw that he did stop for the next light. To my surprise it was a guy who looked to be about 45 years old. Okay, so if it wasn't dementia, what was it?

If I had been at the point of turning on to 466 or going straight through, I wonder if he would have hit me. Who knows? If he had taken his eyes off the road, he might have.
So, may I ask, do you favor traffic enforcement which includes signal light cameras?