STOPandGO.org » traffic lights http://www.stopandgo.org/news Weird signs, funny signs, safe driving tips Sun, 01 Jun 2008 18:48:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Charlotte gives green light to flashing yellow arrow http://www.stopandgo.org/news/stop-lights/2008/03/10/charlotte-tries-flashing-yellow-arrow-signals/ http://www.stopandgo.org/news/stop-lights/2008/03/10/charlotte-tries-flashing-yellow-arrow-signals/#comments Mon, 10 Mar 2008 16:36:43 +0000 STOPandGO http://www.stopandgo.org/news/?p=127 Since 1997, engineers in Charlotte, NC, worried that too many motorists were confusing a green ball as permission to make a protected left turn. In response, Charlotte, NC will earn the distinction of being one of the first localities to implement traffic light phasing that include a flashing yellow turn arrow. According to the Charlotte Observer, “The new light replaces the green ball for left turns with a flashing yellow arrow to signal that motorists must yield.”

]]> http://www.stopandgo.org/news/stop-lights/2008/03/10/charlotte-tries-flashing-yellow-arrow-signals/feed/ 0 Garrett Morgan invented the traffic light 85 years ago today http://www.stopandgo.org/news/stop-lights/2008/02/27/traffic-light-invented-85-years-ago/ http://www.stopandgo.org/news/stop-lights/2008/02/27/traffic-light-invented-85-years-ago/#comments Wed, 27 Feb 2008 16:30:03 +0000 STOPandGO http://www.stopandgo.org/news/?p=126 Has it been that long already? Inventor Garrett Morgan Sr. invented the modern traffic signal 85 years ago today after seeing a traffic accident.  More on the anniversary of the traffic light from WFSB.com.

]]> http://www.stopandgo.org/news/stop-lights/2008/02/27/traffic-light-invented-85-years-ago/feed/ 1 ‘White lights’ will give cops new tool for catching red-light violators http://www.stopandgo.org/news/stop-lights/2007/12/01/%e2%80%98white-lights%e2%80%99-will-give-cops-new-tool-for-catching-red-light-violators/ http://www.stopandgo.org/news/stop-lights/2007/12/01/%e2%80%98white-lights%e2%80%99-will-give-cops-new-tool-for-catching-red-light-violators/#comments Sun, 02 Dec 2007 04:42:43 +0000 STOPandGO http://www.stopandgo.org/news/stop-lights/2007/12/01/%e2%80%98white-lights%e2%80%99-will-give-cops-new-tool-for-catching-red-light-violators/ Thirty-five-watt light bulbs may become the Police Department’s biggest ally in catching red-light violators at two troublesome Burnsville intersections. Police and state transportation officials plan to install “white lights” on traffic signals at Highway 13/ County Road 5 and Highway 13/County Road 11. The white light is wired into the red circuit of the signal head and activated when the traffic light turns red. The white light is behind the signal light. From various “downstream” vantage points, officers can see vehicles going through the intersection when the white light is on. Busted.

‘White lights’ will give cops new tool for catching red-light violators

]]> http://www.stopandgo.org/news/stop-lights/2007/12/01/%e2%80%98white-lights%e2%80%99-will-give-cops-new-tool-for-catching-red-light-violators/feed/ 0 For Filipino drivers, traffic lights are mere suggestions http://www.stopandgo.org/news/stop-lights/2007/11/17/for-filipino-drivers-traffic-lights-are-mere-suggestions/ http://www.stopandgo.org/news/stop-lights/2007/11/17/for-filipino-drivers-traffic-lights-are-mere-suggestions/#comments Sun, 18 Nov 2007 03:02:28 +0000 STOPandGO http://www.stopandgo.org/news/stop-lights/2007/11/17/for-filipino-drivers-traffic-lights-are-mere-suggestions/ Mandy Eduque, Automobile Association Philippines director, likes to quote an Australian traffic consultant of a public works project who made this stunning observation: For Filipino drivers, traffic lights are merely “a suggestion.”

For Filipino drivers, traffic lights are mere suggestions

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