Traffic lights worldwide set to change after a Swedish engineer saw red

Re:Traffic lights worldwide set to change after a Swedish en... by jiveturkey on Monday October 21, 2019 @06:05PM (#21317982)

> How am I supposed to know how quickly your yellow light changes on this street?

Does it matter? If you're a tourist/newcomer, simply don't try to make it through a yellow light just because you can. If you can stop, do so.

In Oregon, it's not absurd to be safe only when out of the intersection. As a "restrictive yellow" state, the yellow cycle time includes the time to completely clear the intersection. IOW, the yellow cycle time is longer than it would be otherwise.

Yes, without understanding that the yellow times are longer, it would seem absurd.

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Re:Traffic lights worldwide set to change after a Swedish en... by userbinator on Monday October 21, 2019 @09:54PM (#21319641)

Does it matter? If you're a tourist/newcomer, simply don't try to make it through a yellow light just because you can. If you can stop, do so.

That may get you rear-ended or barely so, because the driver behind may be accustomed to the usual traffic of the area going through, and perhaps he may be the one who should stop, but is not expecting you to.

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Re:Traffic lights worldwide set to change after a Swedish en... by jiveturkey on Tuesday October 22, 2019 @12:31PM (#21325602)

So you are recommending to anyone new to an area, race through the yellows? To avoid accidents??

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Re:Traffic lights worldwide set to change after a Swedish en... by userbinator on Tuesday October 22, 2019 @10:06PM (#21330390)

Look at what the other drivers do, and of course look behind you.

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