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Re:In 2019 40% of San Francisco traffic fatalities are from ... by throwaway0a5e on Monday December 06, 2021 @06:00PM (#29466881)
Yeah, it should probably be a blinking red arrow in order to be consistent. I'm sure some committee decided that wasn't different enough from normal red arrow
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Re:In 2019 40% of San Francisco traffic fatalities are from ... by lttlrck on Monday December 06, 2021 @08:05PM (#29467961)
isn't flashing red a fail-safe triggered when the light controls fail that should be treated as a stop sign?

In practice that might work, but it's also a conflicting signal.

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Re:In 2019 40% of San Francisco traffic fatalities are from ... by sokoloff on Monday December 06, 2021 @08:33PM (#29468174)
Blinking red would be a stop and proceed when safe sign. There’s no reason for each car to stop for a lot of these unprotected left turns.
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