It is probably a reference to a system which (if it is installed) "reads" signals from authorized emergency vehcles (law enforcement, EMS or FD) and automatically changes the intersection traffic lights to favor the direction in which the emergency vehicle is travelling.
No one really controlls the traffic lights. A computer system controls the traffic lights, and no humans are involved with controlling the traffic lights day in and day out. It is all automated these days.
The government and traffic lights
If the ambulance isn't using its lights and sirens, just follow normal traffic laws. If it is, you'll need to pull over to the side of the road and wait for it to pass.
* The disadvantages of traffic lights r * Traffic lights can cause a chaos on the roads.* Also cause a huge traffic
The new traffic lights are now LED lights and do not ever burn out.
No, because traffic lights are charged, not naturally bright.
the ambulance is going to the hospitalthe ambulance has its siren onthe ambulance is moving (:PJHS
Traffic lights are made of part metal and part glass.
people can be colorblind. When the power goes out so do the traffic lights.
Yes.
Technically a driver is not allowed to break any traffic laws to get out of the way of an ambulance, as such she should not have run the red light. If the ambulance had its lights and sirens on, then you are both at fault since you both should have pulled over.
As of 2011, there were more than 25,000 sets of traffic lights in the UK. There was a 30 percent increase in traffic lights from 2000 to 2008.