I think many people know EXACTLY how to treat a dead traffic light, it's just so uncommon that they forget. I've seen less than a dozen times either a blinking

I think many people know EXACTLY how to treat a dead traffic light, it's just so uncommon that they forget. I've seen less than a dozen times either a blinking-red or a dead light. Blinking red is more confusing than a not-working-at-all traffic light IMHO.