• ares35
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    1 year ago

    i remember visiting extended family back in, i think, the early 80s. down in alabama or something. their traffic lights went green>yellow>red, as expected. but then went red>yellow>green.

    • @[email protected]
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      91 year ago

      This is normal in Europe too, and actually helps to clear up the traffic. You see red+yellow lights on, you put on first gear and prepare to start moving.

      • ares35
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        71 year ago

        in many (maybe even ‘most’) american towns and cities, there would be too many drivers going on that yellow and not waiting for the green.

          • @[email protected]
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            31 year ago

            Why would you need a warning? It’s not a race. In fact, that’s probably part of the reasoning of not having a yellow before changing to green

            • ThenThreeMore
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              11 year ago

              So you can get in gear, do observations and be ready to move when the light turns green.

          • @[email protected]
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            31 year ago

            More or less. If you’re paying attention to what’s going on around you you’ll notice other traffic stop before your light turns green. There’s also typically a second or two where all lights are red before one turns green to make sure the intersection is clear.

      • DasherPack
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        61 year ago

        That’s what traffic lights do here in Spain. I don’t actually know if Red-yellow-green has any advantage

    • Flying Squid
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      41 year ago

      In the UK, they go Green-Yellow-Red-Yellow-Green, which seems pretty sensible to me.

      • @uis
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        21 year ago

        Imagine green-blinking green-yellow-red-red+yellow-green.

    • @[email protected]
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      1 year ago

      Czechs do this too. Gives you time to menacingly rev your engine at the car next to you.

    • @uis
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      11 year ago

      In some biggest country traffic lights FSM looks like this: red->red+yellow->green->blinking green->yellow->red, and can transition to blinking yellow from any state.