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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Jeff McMurray

Some US cities have begun rewarding careful drivers with fewer red lights

Speed Triggered Stoplights - (Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

Officials struggled for years to curb high-speed crashes along a residential corridor cutting through Albuquerque, New Mexico, but simply punishing the lead-footed drivers didn’t seem to work.

What ultimately did was rewarding the law-abiding ones with fewer red lights.

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