balancing the city budget

i discovered how the city is going to balance their budget and it’s quite ingenious! they retime the stop lights with photo cameras to only allow two cars through, then less than 1/2 second between yellow and red, so that 4 cars run the red light before reacting to the yellow. [i managed to get through on a green/yellow.] nevermind the fact that the intersection and all surrounding areas will be clogged with traffic. in just a few days time the budget should be balanced! i pointed out this plan to jeff as we were driving near the offending intersection and he said “oh yeah, i know… ummmm….” great! apparently it’s possible that we are contributing to the cause!