Ambulances will trigger green signal
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Ambulances will trigger green signal
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#3Great idea! I think it worth to be implemented everywhere.
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#4A similar system is already in effect (for years) in my area of the US.
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#5A similar system is already in effect (for years) in my area of the US.
Same in The Netherlands, and also works for regular transit busses so they can maintain their planned schedule.
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#6A similar system is already in effect (for years) in my area of the US.
I live on the outskirts of a relatively small city in the US and we've had a system like this for at least 15 years. It also works for other types of emergency vehicles (e.g. it allows firetrucks to get to fires faster too).
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#7This sounds like an overly-expensive implementation of the simple strobe-based signals used in the U.S. at nearly every intersection I've been through.
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#8What's funny in certain countries (right now for me the GCC) is that people believe if you flash with your brights at the right speed and frequency it will automatically set them to green, or shorten the interval on the opposing traffic direction so it goes green for you sooner.
Do other people believe this? I have watched people try for over 60 seconds or more until giving up, and I find this hilarious even today.
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#9What's funny in certain countries (right now for me the GCC) is that people believe if you flash with your brights at the right speed and frequency it will automatically set them to green, or shorten the interval on the opposing traffic direction so it goes green for you sooner. Do other people believe this? I have watched people try for over 60 seconds or more until giving up, and I find this hilarious even today.
In the UK a lot of taxi drivers seem to believe this, the superstition is reinforced whenever they happen to flash when the lights were about to change anyway. It's also a comfort thing, similar to a placebo button[0] - people want to believe that they have some control over the mundane parts of their lives.
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#10Eh? Trams and buses in Czech Republic have been using this for years.