Who likes traffic lights?

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Is there anyone here interested in traffic lights and road signs? I am pretty interested in them.

i like the 3 colors, but that is all i like about them.

https://youtu.be/sONkwcCA2hM

I like the little green man. I always wait for that Sweet Pea before I cross.

I guess my answer is YES. Why???? When a stop light goes out, it backs up traffic for miles. And I hate being gridlocked in traffic.

Normally I do not think much about stop lights, except every once and awhile. For example, if we sustain a major solar storm, it has the potential for knocking out a large portion of our electrical grid. Which means stop lights will have no power and in major cities, the effect will produce a massive gridlock. Therefore, I like the newer stop lights that use LED technology because it runs on minimal electricity and is much brighter. Some of these types of stop lights might even have battery backup.

I hate non- conventional stop lights. For example, I have seen stop lights that have 5 lights instead of the normal 3 red/yellow/green. I also prefer vertical stop lights rather than horizontal stop lights. In one city they had a row of stop lights on the freeway. That was totally confusing. The reason why they did it was because some lanes were one direction in the morning and the reverse direction in the afternoon. It is a good way to cause a traffic wreck especially to someone new to the city.

Another reason why I hate non-conventional stop lights is because I am color blind. There are times when I am driving and I will come upon a flashing light. I have to ask my wife if it is flashing yellow or flashing red. And the worst thing about stop lights is when one of the lights is out. It is not always obvious which blackened light is broken.

^ afaik they will only flash yellow, as flashing means they're not operational, or flash as a warning to use caution.

I've always found road signs really interesting, I don't know why. When I was practicing for the knowledge test to get my permit I spent way too much time trying to memorize all the road signs they listed. lol

The colours are pretty.

I think it would be cool if --

The traffic lights, they turn blue tomorrow, and shine their emptiness down on my bed.

The lightbulbs will burn out of some stop lights and they just go black. So when one bulb is burned out but the other two lights are still operational, it takes a while to realize this is the problem.

For example if the green light burns out. You have a red light, followed by no lights, followed by a yellow light. So you must figure out the problem and then pass through the intersection when you have no lights lit. This seems to be a common problem in Chicago.

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Also in the States, you can have flashing yellow and flashing red. The flashing yellow means proceed with caution. The flashing red means you must come to a full stop and then if no traffic present, proceed through the stop light. A flashing red light is the same as a stop sign.

No, my special interests are mostly in the normal range.

You are also in the normal range then. btw whos that in your avatar, for some reason it reminds me of Lenny Bruce.

the actor art carney, in character as henry corwin, a dissipated dep't. store santa whose best days were behind him until xmas night, when things turned around for him, on The Twilight Zone.

They have to be there for commuters, so I have no opinion.

Mhm, I like them and I always look after them when walking the streets. I turn my head.

I like lights in general, from my readings it's a common interest on the spectrum. It's very unisex, it's never female labeled nor male while still being very noticeable. It's pretty cool.