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About Traffic Lights (via Wiki)
Traffic lights, also known as traffic signals, traffic lamps, signal lights, stop lights and robots, and also known technically as traffic control signals are signalling devices positioned at road intersections, pedestrian crossings and other locations to control competing flows of traffic. Traffic lights were first installed in 1868 in London and are now used all over the world.
Traffic lights alternate the right of way accorded to road users by displaying lights of a standard color (red, orange, and green) following a universal color code. In the typical sequence of color phases:
- the green light allows traffic to proceed in the direction denoted, if it is safe to do so
- the yellow light denoting prepare to stop short of the intersection, if it is safe to do so
- the red signal prohibits any traffic from proceeding
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Transcript
Learner’s guide to traffic lights
Traffic lights are one of the first challenges a learner driver will face. They’re not particularly complicated, but understanding them is essential.
By understanding the traffic lights’ four-phase pattern it will help ensure you are driving both safely and legally.
-The Traffic Light Sequence-
Red
- Indicates that all road users should stop behind the line
- It applies to everyone; even cyclists
- Some traffic lights even have small cameras hidden inside them to spot people who run red lights
Red and amber
- The combination of red and amber indicates that the lights are about to turn green. You can prepare to move off by releasing the handbrake and moving into first gear, but you must not cross the line until the light turns green.
Green
- Providing the road is clear, a green light indicates that you can pass the stop line and continue on your journey.
Amber
- The amber light means that you should stop, unless it is not safe to do so
- It’s legal to pass through an amber light but you should only do it if you’re too close to stop when it changes; don’t make a habit of it.
-Filter Traffic Lights-
- Filter traffic lights let road users know who has priority
- They have an extra light with an arrow indicating a specific direction
- When the arrow is illuminated, you may proceed in that direction regardless of what the other lights are saying.
Tips
- Remember your MSPSL (mirror, signal, position, speed, look) routine
- Anticipate what the lights might do; if they’ve been green for a while, chances are they will change to amber very soon
- Don’t speed up in an attempt to ‘beat’ the lights
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Post time: Dec-11-2016