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William L. Potts invented the modern day the colored for way traffic light. He invented this in 1920 in Detroit using $37 dollars worth of wire, tin, and wood. Many people get mixed up with him and Garret Morgan because Morgan patent his in 1923 by GE. William got his idea from traffic light signals. He was the true inventor of this life saving device.

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