Staff explains signal detection quirks and potential fixes; committee hears about speed‑camera pilots
Staff said the Hacienda/Avocado Crest left‑turn detection uses a camera zone that effectively requires a vehicle to occupy a particular spot (described as a '3rd car' trigger) and that reprogramming the timing or switching detection methods could make it more responsive; staff also noted statewide pilots for speed cameras.
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Staff told the committee the current left‑turn detection at Hacienda/Avocado Crest was designed so that the system identifies vehicles in a specific zone and that in practice the left‑turn arrow will not trigger unless a vehicle occupies that zone, which staff described as effectively requiring the 3rd car in the turn pocket to be present.
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