I actually don't understand why people have to look at the yellow light as something to beat, the author talks about politicians seeing yellow lights as a way of getting revenue from those who sees the yellow light. Yeah if that's true their intention are truly corrupt but why are you blaming the city, when the ones speeding like a maniac to avoid the light turning red are making the roads more dangerous. What is the hurry? if you're late, I understand that happens but don't take it out on citizens and put others' lives in danger, wake up earlier or something! estimate traffic time, or just accept that you're gonna be late and drive carefully, I think we all understand that. When driving, a good driver would look ahead and definitely notice as soon as the light turns yellow, then he will slow down into a stop with no problem
He also talks about breaking on yellow light as soon as he sees it and that causes rear-end accidents. Well I'd just like to point out that the place where he's naming these occurrences is in Chicago. Chicago is a huge city, how fast does a person have to drive to see someone stop, slam on their brakes, and crash into them? I'd say, pretty fast.