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[–] ares35@kbin.social 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (6 children)

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.

[–] hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is normal in Europe too, and actually helps to clear up the traffic. You see red+yellow lights on, you put on first gear and prepare to start moving.

[–] ares35@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

in many (maybe even 'most') american towns and cities, there would be too many drivers going on that yellow and not waiting for the green.

[–] onion@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago

They'd be running a red light

[–] hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year ago

There's a clear difference though. Yellow = no-go, yellow+red = prepare to go

[–] andthenthreemore@startrek.website 9 points 1 year ago (4 children)

What would you expect them to do? Go straight from red to green?

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 12 points 1 year ago

That's what normally happens

[–] geophysicist@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yes. That's what happens in most countries

[–] andthenthreemore@startrek.website 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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.

[–] geophysicist@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

So you can get in gear, do observations and be ready to move when the light turns green.

[–] DasherPack@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's what traffic lights do here in Spain. I don't actually know if Red-yellow-green has any advantage

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 year ago

That's the part where you spin your tires to burn

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

In the UK, they go Green-Yellow-Red-Yellow-Green, which seems pretty sensible to me.

[–] uis@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Imagine green-blinking green-yellow-red-red+yellow-green.

[–] realitista@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Czechs do this too. Gives you time to menacingly rev your engine at the car next to you.

[–] I_am_10_squirrels@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I've seen that in some German places as well

[–] zout@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

All German places I've seen, this seems to be a national thing.

[–] 1stq@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

@zout No. Green, Yellow, Red, Red+Yellow, Green...
There. Are. Four. Phases.
After Yellow always comes Red. (At least in Germany)

[–] zout@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

Never noticed this, will look out for this next time I cross the border.

[–] uis@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

In some biggest country traffic lights FSM looks like this: red->red+yellow->green->blinking green->yellow->red, and can transition to blinking yellow from any state.