German traffic light stays red for 28 years (2015)

Re:German traffic light stays red for 28 years (2015) by lsaferite on Wednesday March 15, 2017 @09:03AM (#13875765)

That seems like the right approach. The traffic light has a backup bulb and alerts when one burns out. I mean, cars can tell when a bulb is out, right? Why shouldn't traffic lights.

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Re:German traffic light stays red for 28 years (2015) by Klathmon on Wednesday March 15, 2017 @10:02AM (#13876134)

Actually it's even simpler than that, just have a minimum of 2 lights per direction of travel.

So if one fails, a bulb burns out, one gets destroyed in a storm, or anything else happens, there will be at least one full backup.

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Re:German traffic light stays red for 28 years (2015) by lsaferite on Monday March 20, 2017 @10:21AM (#13914428)

Having automated outage reporting still makes sense though. It keeps you from having a guy that's paid to check every light in the city manually. And since your lights are on a city-wide network (they are, right?), then adding outage reporting should be a feasible thing.

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