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I was hoping it would be a button to instantly change the lights in your favour, now there is a button I would use.
by shanelja 13y ago
I was hoping it would be a button to instantly change the lights in your favour, now there is a button I would use.
- sn0v 13y agoI'd hoped for the same! :D
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- jerf 13y agoAh, that would be something different: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traffic_signal_preemption http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traffic_signal_preemption Some of the systems have been hackable/hacked by non-authorized users. There's been stories every so often here on HN.
- triplesec 13y agoThat's what the headline subeditors are paid for
- oneeyedpigeon 13y agoWhat I've always wanted - and what might be more mutually beneficial - is a button to cancel the crossing request. E.g. for all those times you press the button, then realise there's enough time to safely cross without the lights changing.
- saraid216 13y agoThis is actually one of the reasons I never hit the crossing signal in walkable zones: I feel it's rude when I could simply pay a little more attention and cross quickly without taking up others' time. However, there are lights that do not ever open up to pedestrian crossing unless you hit the button, which irritates me.
- bmslieght 13y agoA Puffin - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puffin_crossing http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puffin_crossing may have a near-side detector, that will cancel the demand if you move way from the crossing. i.e. have crossed in the gap.
- tomsaffell 13y agoCertain traffic lights in the UK have something like that. If you flash your lights (at night) as you approach they will change. It's sometimes used where a minor road crosses a major one. At night the lights are configured to stay green for the major road, until either: a) a vehicle is sensed waiting at the minor road's stop line; b) a flash of light detected from the direction of the minor road. The crossing of the A60 into Rempstone is one such example.
- grkvlt 13y agoNo they don't and no it isn't.
- danielweber 13y agoLights in the US have buttons that you can press. But they don't always work. There's one light in Cambrige, MA, that, as far as I could tell, never ever said WALK.
- jrockway 13y agoThis traffic light is great: https://www.google.com/maps?ll=41.869753,-87.648017&spn=0.001953,0.00246&t=m&dg=opt&z=19&layer=c&cbll=41.869679,-87.648617&panoid=5yA75PQ0jYSwgoYHMvbzWQ&cbp=12,177.37,,0,5.41 https://www.google.com/maps?ll=41.869753,-87.648017&spn=... It turns red immediately when you press the button. When I was in college, I would entertain myself between classes by going over, pressing the button just as the upstream light turned green and cars began accelerating, and then not crossing the street. This, incidentally, is probably why most lights don't change immediately.
- AlonsoG 13y agoJust something curious while "walking around" ... https://www.google.com/maps?ll=41.869635,-87.648258&spn=0.001174,0.001725&t=m&dg=opt&layer=c&cbll=41.869699,-87.64849&panoid=7B-RhebYWazD30Y8EualbQ&cbp=12,129.92,,0,-27.8&z=19 https://www.google.com/maps?ll=41.869635,-87.648258&spn=... Banshee from Halo? Hint: cross side to side (following parent link) of street looking to sky
- justhw 13y agoMe too. Does anyone know if kipkay's method actually works? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1cgE2GaFko http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1cgE2GaFko
- nthitz 13y agoI remember trying out that same code back in highschool, say 5-6 years ago. My friend made fun of me so much for believing it would work. I was disappointed. Not to say it's not true, but it didn't work when I tried it!
- jaynos 13y agoAll the pedestrian crossing buttons in NYC (I assume other places as well) have been disabled since all the lights are run together by algorithms now.
- enf 13y agoIf only it were true. Most of the country is rushing ruinously toward actuation. Only a few cities (notably New York, San Francisco, Chicago) believe in pedestrians.
- city41 13y agoBoulder, CO has taken pedestrian safety to absolutely ridiculous levels: http://www.bouldercolorado.gov/index.php?option=com_content&id=9632&Itemid=2973 http://www.bouldercolorado.gov/index.php?option=com_content&... You can know if someone is crossing a street in Boulder from Denver :)