>>>>I was told that in some city, I forget where, they paint a square in street corners and if you stop in the square on the red light you are fined. Great idea, if true. Can anyone confirm the story?
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>>>>TIA,
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>>>>Alex
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>>>Frankly, I don't quite understand what kind of rule you are talking about, but anyway why do you consider it a great idea when someone gets fined?
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>>The goal is not to fine, but to make people obey the rules of the road.
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>>In my city all too often cars enter an intersection even though traffic on the other side is backed up. When the light changes to red they are caught in the middle, blocking cars that come in the transversal direction from crossing, causing gridlock.
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>>A white box painted in the intersection would provide a yardstick by which to measure if a car is blocking it as well as a reminder.
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>>Alex
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>This rule is well used in NYC and traffic police can issue tickets, but there are situations when car can get stuck due to unforeseen circumstances, i.e. traffic can stop suddenly and one cannot brake on every intersection just because another car in front did not clear it yet. My personal experience is that most drivers are polite/sensible enough to comply with the rule but even full compliance does not prevent from getting into this situation sometimes, i.e. automatic fine is not a good thing, imho.

There is an intersection here in Toronto (Lakeshore and Bay) where this happens consistently - day after day - red light after red light. Pedestrians are constantly forced to walk out in traffic to cross the road. Here an automatic fine would be a wonderful thing.