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Red, red and amber, green, amber, red. It depends where you are. In North America, they go red, green, yellow, red. In at least some places in Europe they go red, amber, green, amber, red.
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What traffic lights tell us?
A traffic light tells us if it is our turn to go or not. When it's green you can go when it's red you cant go.
What are the lights in a traffic light?
Red, yellow, and green. Green means go. Red means stop and yellow means slow down.
Why are traffic lights red for stop and green for go?
"Traffic lights are the colors just so so deal with it" actually they implimented this because normally red would equal danger and green equals "all set" "ready", just like fire is hot.
Are traffic lights dangerous?
The concept of traffic lights are perfectly safe but when they malfunction or go wrong the consequences can be dire.
What order do the traffic lights go in?
My Mum says they go Red, Amber, Green, Green and Amber, Red and so on. My Mum says they go Green and Amber at the same because if it went straight from Green to Red drivers wouldn't have enough time to slow down because they had no warning, and there for would probably cause an accident.
What is the sequence of the traffic lights in London?
All UK lights go as follows: ... GREEN AMBER RED RED and AMBER GREEN ... NOTE: AMBER is a colour very close to orange, usually called YELLOW in the US.
Are mail trucks legally allowed to go through red lights?
No, mail trucks must obey traffic laws like any other vehicle, including stopping at red lights. They are not exempt from following traffic signals unless they are responding to an emergency situation.
What are the Traffic lights called in American English?
They are called traffic lights or traffic signals. -------------------------------------------------------- *** 2nd Answerer Says: Some parts of the country call them stoplights (as opposed to go-lights or caution-lights) and there is a variation called "blinking lights". "Blinking lights can be blinking red in all four directions to designate a four-way stop or full-stop in two directions & cautionary slow-down (blinking yellow) the other two directions.
Who decided that red means stop and green means go?
The Law.
Why do some traffic lights go red to amber to green?
This may be due to a "local practice" or may also be due to the use of older/out moded signal equipment.
Why the traffic lights comprises of red yellow green colors alone?
Much thought went into the selection for the colors in Stop, Go, Caution lights, they however weren't for traffic lights, they were for the Railroad and devised by their engineers through a trial and error method, the glare of the sun played a large part in the final selection of colors. The life-saving ingenuity of the Railroad Engineers are responsible for the traffic light selection of colors.
How can the colorblind distinguish between red and green traffic lights?
Despite their obvious placements on top or bottom of a traffic light, traces of orange and blue are added to the red and green lights to aid those with red-green color blindness to distinguish between the two. This only affects red-green color blind people. The order of the colors never change. Someone who is colorblind knows it is red on top, yellow in the middle, and green on the bottom. Blue is added to a green traffic light and orange added to a red traffic light. Next time you are out and about, look at the traffic lights. I know in Miami some green traffic lights have a distinct blue undertone, but not all of them have this same undertone. You can also do an image search on a search engine to see what I am talking about.
