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Apologies for the pun in the subject line. Whilst on holiday recently in Turkey, I noticed that many city traffic lights had an additional signal giving the time in seconds to the next phase change. Our tour guide said this extra information had reduced junction accidents by 20%. This seems such a sensible idea, has it ever been considered here?
Asked on 3 January 2009 by
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Honest John
Same in Thailand. Same in Canada. But they refuse to even consider it here. I have suggested it in the column about 20 times. Someone claiming to represent a traffic signal manufacturer once told me that count-down lights cannot be combined with volume sensing phasing.
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