[Roger K Fain]

The only way the "worst redlight rule" could work would be to completely obscure the reaction time affect on the outcome of the timed-run competition between two vehicles.
That is; to eliminate the Red light at the base of the tree, eliminate the Win light activated by a false start on the lane marquee at the Finish line, and program the computer to indicate the winner after calculating who crossed the finish line first without going under their dial, and didn't redlight worse than their competitor. The result would be all-out runs by both vehicles with the traditional top-end wha-wha of the throttle and brake-scrubbing
....more fun.