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Originally Posted by zilo

The best thing I ever saw was a mechanical clock above an intersection that showed what part of the traffic light cycle the intersection was at.

Everyone could see that there was about to be a change and could anticipate their passage through the intersection.

It was on beach road in melbourne I think?


In the US they have a countdown for pedestrians associated with the "walk" signal...everyone knows when to ...RUN

One of my mates from somewhere on the other side of the world was explaining to us how traffic lights work in his country. Amber comes before green, as well as red. And only one flow of traffic (one direction, not both ways), so every can turn right, without having to wait for people, then nearly get taken out by someone trying to run an amber, but runs a red (I see it every day in the CBD). Seems relatively sensible to me.