German traffic light stays red for 28 years (2015)

Re:German traffic light stays red for 28 years (2015) by JumpCrisscross on Wednesday March 15, 2017 @05:21AM (#13874839)

I think the point is the bulbs are cheaper than the (a) cost of developing, deploying and tracking a one-off maintenance protocol change and (b) risk the instructions are applied to the wrong intersection.

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Re:German traffic light stays red for 28 years (2015) by rurban on Wednesday March 15, 2017 @05:29AM (#13874878)

This. And they rules may change, and someone might decide to turn them on someday. They are prepared then :)

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Re:German traffic light stays red for 28 years (2015) by iopq on Wednesday March 15, 2017 @06:09AM (#13875047)

It should be obvious if the light doesn't have ANY yellow or green bulb that they shouldn't be changed.

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Re:German traffic light stays red for 28 years (2015) by germanier on Wednesday March 15, 2017 @06:24AM (#13875099)

Usually we teach people to not try to be clever when applying checklists. More often than not the "obvious" thing to do can have fatal consequences.

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Re:German traffic light stays red for 28 years (2015) by icebraining on Wednesday March 15, 2017 @09:34AM (#13875939)

Or maybe the last person forgot, or they were stolen, or whatever. You'd probably have to report that and waste the time of a bunch of people.

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Re:German traffic light stays red for 28 years (2015) by dwighttk on Wednesday March 15, 2017 @09:44AM (#13876008)

surely it is illegal to put up a traffic signal without working bulbs.

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