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That could be dangerous and confusing, the sequence needs to be unambiguous. The way it works in those european countries is that red+yellow always anticipates
by dsego 7y ago
That could be dangerous and confusing, the sequence needs to be unambiguous. The way it works in those european countries is that red+yellow always anticipates the green light, and yellow on its own indicates an imminent red.
Where I live some traffic lights also have a blinking green that precedes the yellow.
- silon42 7y agoWe used to have a blinking green light at the end of interval, but unfortunately it was used as an "accelerate" signal, so it has now been removed. Thankfully I have not had a problem with going too late into yellow. Generally I follow the simple rule of stopping whenever I am behind another car and only going through when I am really close to the lights.
- dsego 7y agoDrivers accelerate through yellow where I am from all the time. Even though going through yellow is not allowed and is legally the same as running a red. If you can stop in time you should, even if it means braking hard (unless it is unsafe, eg a risk of getting rear-ended). A lot of crashes this past summer too, even a few pedestrians got killed, tourist season, ubers and taxis usually causing it by speeding through intersections on yellow and red.