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loegyesterday at 7:31 PM2 repliesview on HN

If they only installed them based on collision/injury data, and that data identified mostly poor areas, you would be ok with it? Because this is what the data finds over and over. The people most harmed by red light running are the poor people who live in these neighborhoods.


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ceejayozyesterday at 9:15 PM

Maybe!

I might question the benefits of making the poor area even poorer via fines they likely can't afford. I might wonder if there are confounding factors like poorly maintained roads and vehicles at play. I might wonder if the yellow lights have the same timing as in the suburbs.

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DANmodeyesterday at 9:11 PM

> Because this is what the data finds over and over.

So link it.