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I wish my local council would use this. Here on my High Street in South London, my nearest pedestian crossing can take up to two minutes to change, even when th
by julian_t 3y ago
I wish my local council would use this. Here on my High Street in South London, my nearest pedestian crossing can take up to two minutes to change, even when there are no cars close. It's frustrating for pedestrians (and motorists, when someone has pressed the button, got fed up, dashed through the moving traffic, and then when the lights do go red there's no-one waiting to cross)
- corobo 3y agoSomething I do like about these new lights is that if you do press the button then go out of the crossing area it'll unset the button pressed status (assuming there's nobody else in the crossing areas covered by the light system ofc) I usually encounter this when a line of cars go through their green and I dash across behind them quick enough for it to unset and not disrupt the normal light cycles. It's a daft little thing but it feels so darn efficient to get across without interrupting traffic, haha
- AlecSchueler 3y agoYeah, the wait can be dangerous too. I grew up in Northern Ireland where the systems are quite simple. For some years I lived in the Netherlands and got used to smart systems that would give me instant green if I could cross etc. But then I returned myself home for a while and was shocked with how often I was waiting, to the point that after a few days I started treating some traffic light systems as optional or to be avoided while crossing elsewhere on the road. The result of the poor system meant I was crossing without any system.
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