If the following traffic sequence took place in the United States, chaos would ensue.
Here, as your green light begins to run out of time, it flashes green, then yellow, then red. The drivers at your perpendicular intersection are at the same time seeing a flashing yellow light indicating that your light is going to turn green. It strikes me that part of the fender bender problems might be that the people running the yellows are crashing into the other people trying to anticipate a green light? It seems to work here---sort of, but I shudder at the behavioural modification that would be needed if Americans adopted this system.
Here, as your green light begins to run out of time, it flashes green, then yellow, then red. The drivers at your perpendicular intersection are at the same time seeing a flashing yellow light indicating that your light is going to turn green. It strikes me that part of the fender bender problems might be that the people running the yellows are crashing into the other people trying to anticipate a green light? It seems to work here---sort of, but I shudder at the behavioural modification that would be needed if Americans adopted this system.
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