Energy-efficient traffic lights can't melt snow

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Thu 17 Dec 2009 19:19
Energy-efficient traffic lights can't melt snow - henry k
Oh dear - Always hard to work out those unintended consequences...:-(((

news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091215/ap_on_re_us/us_snow_c...s

Another reason to carry a camera ? Another reason not to run a red light in a bleak mid winter?
Well me Lud the evidence had melted away.
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Thu 17 Dec 2009 19:32
Energy-efficient traffic lights can't melt snow - Old Navy
Really clever, treating an obscured light as green.

I would like to say "Only in America" except it will happen here too.
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Thu 17 Dec 2009 19:42
Energy-efficient traffic lights can't melt snow - b308
From what I've seen when traffic lights fail the traffic still seems to flow without any accidents, perhaps we British are better than you think, ON!

Lucky its not the same rule as on the railways, if a signal displays no lights at all its regarded as being at "danger" and nothing goes past it without permission from the signalman - would cause a few long tailbacks on the roads!!

Edited by b308 on 17/12/2009 at 19:42

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Thu 17 Dec 2009 20:05
Energy-efficient traffic lights can't melt snow - Old Navy
perhaps we British are better than you think ON!

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You must be joking, many car drivers don't stop for level crossing stop lights, (motoring / railway link). :-)

Edited by Old Navy on 17/12/2009 at 20:06

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Thu 17 Dec 2009 22:06
Energy-efficient traffic lights can't melt snow - Dave_TD
when traffic lights fail the traffic still seems to flow without any accidents


When the lights at the entrance to the southbound Blackwall Tunnel pack up, the normal traffic jams fail to materialise altogether...
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Fri 18 Dec 2009 09:19
Energy-efficient traffic lights can't melt snow - b308
many car drivers don't stop for level crossing stop lights (motoring
/ railway link). :-)

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Ah yes, those sorts of lights... not even when there are gates as well...

Edited by b308 on 18/12/2009 at 09:20

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