Stop+light+Violations

**Stop Light Violations**
By Taylor Tomasco __**Introduction****:**__ Stop lights are here to keep us safe and let us know the rules of the road. They let us know when we have the right of way and when we should start to slow down in order to keep us and the drivers around us safe. Some people, however do what they want to do and speed up to go through yellow lights and even red lights because they don't want to be late for a meeting stuck in traffic or are just too anxious to wait for the light to turn green again. If more people learn patience and obey the rules of the road then our roadways could become much safer places.

A car is traveling the speed limit (25 m/h or 11.176m/s). If the driver needs to slow down to stop before the red light what would his applied acceleration need to be if he was 10 meters away? 15 meters away? 20 meters away? Would these situations be realistic? (The average yellow light in a residential 25 mph zone last for 3 seconds)



In order for the car to come to a complete stop in 3 seconds when the car is 10 meters away from the traffic light the driver would have to approximately -5.23 m/s/s. In order for the car to come to a complete stop in 3 seconds when the car is 15 meters away from the traffic light the driver would have to approximately -4.12 m/s/s. In order for the car to come to a complete stop in 3 seconds when the car is 20 meters away from the traffic light the driver would have to approximately -3.01 m/s/s.