An actual road sign at the intersection of Lockport Rd. and Ward Rd. in Sanborn, NY (near Niagara Falls):
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There was a place, I think it was called Poplarville in MS when I was young. Always fun. My dad is very color blind. The redlights had red at the bottom, green at the top. He just happens to have the most trouble with red, green, and brown. I remember so many close calls as he learned the light system there.
Originally Posted By: L_Sludger
i presume that the opposing side of traffic gets a green light earlier than the side pictured, which has led to traffic accidents when the pictured side's drivers ran through the red, assuming it was green.
Either that or the people that travel straight on thru tend to go when the people next to them turn left. Seen plenty of false starts when that happens.
i presume that the opposing side of traffic gets a green light earlier than the side pictured, which has led to traffic accidents when the pictured side's drivers ran through the red, assuming it was green.
Either that or the people that travel straight on thru tend to go when the people next to them turn left. Seen plenty of false starts when that happens.
Originally Posted By: Warstud
Originally Posted By: L_Sludger
i presume that the opposing side of traffic gets a green light earlier than the side pictured, which has led to traffic accidents when the pictured side's drivers ran through the red, assuming it was green.
Either that or the people that travel straight on thru tend to go when the people next to them turn left. Seen plenty of false starts when that happens.
Well put.
Originally Posted By: L_Sludger
i presume that the opposing side of traffic gets a green light earlier than the side pictured, which has led to traffic accidents when the pictured side's drivers ran through the red, assuming it was green.
Either that or the people that travel straight on thru tend to go when the people next to them turn left. Seen plenty of false starts when that happens.
Well put.
Originally Posted By: L_Sludger
i presume that the opposing side of traffic gets a green light earlier than the side pictured, which has led to traffic accidents when the pictured side's drivers ran through the red, assuming it was green.
That would make sense. I didn't notice if there was a special signal pattern at the intersection, as I was just passing through.
In my part of NYS we have yellow warning signs that say "Oncoming Traffic May Have Extended Green", or something to that effect.
i presume that the opposing side of traffic gets a green light earlier than the side pictured, which has led to traffic accidents when the pictured side's drivers ran through the red, assuming it was green.
That would make sense. I didn't notice if there was a special signal pattern at the intersection, as I was just passing through.
In my part of NYS we have yellow warning signs that say "Oncoming Traffic May Have Extended Green", or something to that effect.
Yeah, the extended green is a nasty problem. There's a light in our town that has an extended green for southbound. A couple of years ago, a northbound lady turned left, assuming the oncomming traffic had a red. Unfortunately, the oncoming traffic was a dump truck and from his perspective, he had a green light. She died.
Interesting that there are traffic lights with red on the bottom, must be old non-standard ones. I've noticed red is always at the top. I just figgured that since red was the most important light, they standardized with it at the top for best visibility(?)
Interesting that there are traffic lights with red on the bottom, must be old non-standard ones. I've noticed red is always at the top. I just figgured that since red was the most important light, they standardized with it at the top for best visibility(?)
Originally Posted By: Rick in PA
Yeah, the extended green is a nasty problem. There's a light in our town that has an extended green for southbound. A couple of years ago, a northbound lady turned left, assuming the oncomming traffic had a red. Unfortunately, the oncoming traffic was a dump truck and from his perspective, he had a green light. She died.
Interesting that there are traffic lights with red on the bottom, must be old non-standard ones. I've noticed red is always at the top. I just figgured that since red was the most important light, they standardized with it at the top for best visibility(?)
YIKES.
That's why I ALWAYS assume that oncoming traffic will NOT stop!
Yeah, the extended green is a nasty problem. There's a light in our town that has an extended green for southbound. A couple of years ago, a northbound lady turned left, assuming the oncomming traffic had a red. Unfortunately, the oncoming traffic was a dump truck and from his perspective, he had a green light. She died.
Interesting that there are traffic lights with red on the bottom, must be old non-standard ones. I've noticed red is always at the top. I just figgured that since red was the most important light, they standardized with it at the top for best visibility(?)
YIKES.
That's why I ALWAYS assume that oncoming traffic will NOT stop!
BuicGN, Likewise when I first started driving many years ago found a group of lights on a street in Bessemer, Al. that had green on top with red on bottom and no yellow caution light. Back in those days, the color of the red and green was such that I as a color-blind individual could not distinguish the two. I just had to watch and see what the other traffic was doing to know when to go. Nowadays, modern traffic lights have more yellow added to the green which makes it easier for red-green color blind folks to tell the difference between the two lights.
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I remember driving in some parts of Chicago (Bridgeport?) where the stoplights did not have a yellow - just two lights, red and green - and were placed at the corner of the intersection (not overhead). The red light, together with the green, served as the "yellow" light. Nowhere else in the country did I see such a setup.
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