Has ignoring red lights gotten a lot worse?

i’d say it’s pretty safe to say that phone distraction and general inattentiveness at the lights accounts for much more delay than engine auto stop-start systems ever will. Seems a bit misguided to switch it off- just leave it on and be a bit kinder to the planet and those around you.

Phones play a huge part. Sometimes I like to walk by traffic and count how many drivers I can see with their phone out for an aul scroll it's always a very high percentage of the total and surprisingly or maybe not its not always the younger drivers who are the worst offenders.

Have you spoken to the dealer about this apparently unfit for purpose equipment you bought?

I'm all for prioritizing pedestrians but some of the changes made were stupid.

Busy junction and green light for a few seconds, barely enough time to get 3 or 4 cars through even with all cars taking off straight away, the traffic is created by the changing lights as every change results in a certain amount of dead/inactive time for the junction, the more changes the more inactive time when no traffic/pedestrians are getting through junction.

Cycling pedestrian lights at a junction even when no pedestrian has pressed the button, whats the reason for that.

I'm all for red light cameras though. If system is automated it really shouldn't take much resources. Camera and software detects someone breaking red, send the fine automatically with pictures or link to footage. Let the person appeal if they want and it only needs review then.

When you make idiotic arguments I assume you agree with me.

I don't for a moment believe most drivers dive for the phone, there is a lot but the vast majority don't.

On the south quays the junction onto Lombard street, normally has a flashing orange arrow, but I recently approached with no-one around and the light was red for turning right, with green pedestrian lights, OH said it has happened her a few times at that junction too.

For Lombard St, it sounds like somebody pressed the button and crossed without waiting, leaving you some resting time on green.

Thing is I approached the junction slow enough, its only 30km/h on the quays there, I was in the left lane as the right is terrible quality so had good view of junction and could see no one around. I'm doubtful myself as it seems bats**t crazy but I wouldn't put it past some idiot in the council. Also the fact OH is pretty confident she has seen it on occasion and travels that way a fair bit.

Dundrum at the eagle pub.

Most are run off a programmed logic in sync with others.

Rare to have Dublin ones running independently especially at peak times.

Ideally a road like the n2 from finglas in should all hit greens at speed limit driving on a clear run.

This is then altered to give best possible outcomes at heavier traffic.

Constant modelling is used to set up the relative green times.

Induction loop in Dublin be for 4am mainly.

That's how it's supposed to be.......

It means I don't know.

Would have to assume they do use it if they have it.

Be remise and unprofessional not to.

But I don't work for or with DCC.

Did you not notice this problem when you were test driving the vehicle, before purchase?

Seems unlikely. If I was travelling to the office, I could spend a few minutes there filming to check it out, but I'm not.

If there is a problem with it, then report it to DCC traffic. They were very responsive when I reported a problem with the lights at Portobello earlier this year.

What car are you driving?

The engine should fire as soon as you press the clutch to engage gear...its imperceptible on any car I have driven.

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I see you are driving an autobox, so thats different, but it should still be a miniscule delay.

It's made worse by cars ahead at lights with drivers on the phone, fiddling with central consoles / radios and being generally inattentive, wasting far more time than if he had been checking the junction carefully. A driver behind the dope and one or two cars will drive through, on the basis that if the car ahead had an attentive driver, there would've been a green for him. There are of course those, particularly Beemer or VW drivers who'll drive through solid reds because it annoys them. God help if I'm proceeding through another road feeding into the junction, as happened once with a red VW Golf. Unsurprising given the car/

Full auto 24x7 up the road from me in Rathfarnham, very handy as its a 3 way junction on a narrow road.

If it's not a problem, why were you using it to justify reducing time for pedestrians?