While browsing the web looking for information on Redflex and their red light cameras, I came upon an interesting page dealing with an illegally short yellow light and a hearing over a red light ticket. In the audio recording, you can hear these supposedly educated people (the hearing officer and the prosecutor, or equivalent) have trouble with something as simple as timing a yellow light accurately. This was all for show so that they did not have to admit that the City shortened their yellow light to a time so short that it violates Ohio law.
The website also has the same video that the hearing officer and the prosecutor (or whatever she is known as in a administrative hearing) have trouble determining is less than four seconds. The yellow light, in fact, was shortened to UNDER THREE SECONDS. Take a look at this website run by William “BigKid” of the MyRossCounty forum. William’s website is here: Chillicothe Red Light Camera Hearing and Short Yellow Light.
I had trouble viewing the page in Safari browser, but Firefox worked great, just a note to Mac users.
Take a look at William’s site. He does a great job explaining why Redflex and cities that have red light cameras shorten yellow lights, putting lives in danger for a few extra dollars in tickets. If a yellow light is short enough, it is guaranteed that people will run the light, resulting in more red light camera tickets.