I've crossed Stockton at Sherman Way on the order of 750 times. My guess would be that at least 75% of signal activation at least one motorist violates their expected behavior given the signal lights. This is mainly running the blinking and solid red lights, but also includes not going when light stops, stopping at the blank light, turning into Stockon from Sherman Way during the signal, etc. A conservative estimate would be that 50% of signal activations auto drivers do not do what they are supposed to.
My hypothesis is that motorist compliance at the beacon is far less than compliance at a standard red-yellow-green signal or a stop sign or flashing red lights. Additionally, I think the beacon confuses the drivers due to its poor design. Some of the issues are found here:
There are studies of the HAWK beacon. They generally show that motorist compliance in stopping at a crosswalk for a pedestrian is much higher for a painted crosswalk with a beacon than without the beacon. I have yet to find someone comparing the compliance (over time) so a beacon and to other well known devices: stop sign, red-yellow-green signal, flashing red lights.
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I've crossed Stockton at Sherman Way on the order of 750 times. My guess would be that at least 75% of signal activation at least one motorist violates their expected behavior given the signal lights. This is mainly running the blinking and solid red lights, but also includes not going when light stops, stopping at the blank light, turning into Stockon from Sherman Way during the signal, etc. A conservative estimate would be that 50% of signal activations auto drivers do not do what they are supposed to.
My hypothesis is that motorist compliance at the beacon is far less than compliance at a standard red-yellow-green signal or a stop sign or flashing red lights. Additionally, I think the beacon confuses the drivers due to its poor design. Some of the issues are found here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HAWK_beacon#Conflicting_meanings_of_HAWK_signal_aspects
Prior Art
There are studies of the HAWK beacon. They generally show that motorist compliance in stopping at a crosswalk for a pedestrian is much higher for a painted crosswalk with a beacon than without the beacon. I have yet to find someone comparing the compliance (over time) so a beacon and to other well known devices: stop sign, red-yellow-green signal, flashing red lights.
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