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  2. Traffic light - Wikipedia

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    The regular traffic light colours are red to stop traffic, amber for traffic change, and green for allowing the traffic, arranged vertically or horizontally in that order. Although this is internationally standardised, [ 4 ] variations in traffic light sequences and laws exist on national and local scales.

  3. Traffic light control and coordination - Wikipedia

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    Traffic lights are sometimes centrally controlled by monitors or by computers to allow them to be coordinated in real time to deal with changing traffic patterns. [17] Video cameras , or sensors buried in the pavement can be used to monitor traffic patterns across a city.

  4. History of traffic lights - Wikipedia

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    An early two-light traffic signal by White Horse Tavern in Hudson Street, New York. Image taken in 1961. Despite the failure of the world's first traffic light in London in 1869, countries all around the world still made traffic lights. By 1880, traffic lights spread all over the world, and it has always been like that, since then.

  5. How does Sacramento coordinate its traffic lights? Your ... - AOL

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    Are Sacramento’s traffic lights controlled by sensors or cameras? Here’s what the city told us.

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  7. Traffic signal preemption - Wikipedia

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    Traffic signal preemption (also called traffic signal prioritisation) is a system that allows an operator to override the normal operation of traffic lights.The most common use of these systems manipulates traffic signals in the path of an emergency vehicle, halting conflicting traffic and allowing the emergency vehicle right-of-way, thereby reducing response times and enhancing traffic safety.

  8. Rules of the Road: Do we really need all those traffic signs ...

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    Traffic control devices provide guidance and let us know the rules. But they can’t force drivers to obey. Build an intersection with long red lights and more drivers will race through on a yellow.

  9. Variations in traffic light operation - Wikipedia

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    In New Zealand, where they drive on the left, when a road is given a green light from an all direction stop, a red arrow can continue to display to turning traffic, holding traffic back while the pedestrian crossing on the side road is given a green signal (for left turns) or while oncoming traffic goes straight ahead and there is no permissive right turn allowed (for right turns).