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Traffic lights always have the green light at the bottom to be inclusive to speeding people (and colorblinds)
I’m red green colorblind and never had an issue with the traffic lights colors.
I have had days where the sun was so bright i could barely make out what light was on.
Except for some weird ones with it on the left
In Canada yellow means stop, unless it’s too late to stop then you need to get through the intersection during the grace period before it turns red.
Does it mean something else in the USA?
no, that is pretty much what it means in the USA. it is a heads up the light will be red in a moment
Wasn’t this literally one of Christopher Lloyd’s bits on Taxi?
“There are four lights!”
“I’m sorry, that is incorrect. I’m afraid you’ve failed your driver’s test and will not be issued a license to operate a motor vehicle at this time.”
Ah, I see you’re a Taxi fan as well.
i remember visiting extended family back in, i think, the early 80s. down in alabama or something. their traffic lights went green>yellow>red, as expected. but then went red>yellow>green.
I’ve seen that in some German places as well
All German places I’ve seen, this seems to be a national thing.
@zout No. Green, Yellow, Red, Red+Yellow, Green…
There. Are. Four. Phases.
After Yellow always comes Red. (At least in Germany)
What would you expect them to do? Go straight from red to green?
That’s what normally happens
Yes. That’s what happens in most countries
So they just go straight to green without any warning?
More or less. If you’re paying attention to what’s going on around you you’ll notice other traffic stop before your light turns green. There’s also typically a second or two where all lights are red before one turns green to make sure the intersection is clear.
Why would you need a warning? It’s not a race. In fact, that’s probably part of the reasoning of not having a yellow before changing to green
I read this to my wife.
Her response was “Stop.”
“No honey, that would be the red light.”
Yellow means stop, unless you are going to fast to reasonably stop before the intersection
She’s right actually
