May 19, 2021 1:43 AM
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CangodCreateAStoneItCannotLift
Does this work for bicyclists as well?
DonkeyBottomBiters
The red light is more orange/yellow though...
cainofdreaming
What if you don't have poles, only hungarians?
tchoukiwalimou
Zaruzen
In Sweden someonewould vandalize it within 24 hours
RCSpotz
Great until the colorblind person runs it
SteamingTheCat
Christmas must be fun at that intersection
Tristanssid
As a taller person who needs their seat way back to fit, lights being up is a pita as I can't see them when I'm at the front, this, or 1.
Small lower ones would be a great help.
mattheww100
Where? Driving on the left...
mayorofdrixdale
One-way road? Could be anywhere..
InHarmsWay
Idiots will still ignore/miss it.
Dukeboysz
I Iike it. For those days when the sun bleaches the fuck out of everything and is shining perfectly around your visor into your eyes.
ImakeWine
Glasses help drivers see better, not lighted poles.
catrov
It's like some Disney village where the trees all light up and the streetlights shoot magical sparkles.
heyguysimisaac
Great more light pollution :(
dancerpitt
Genius 9000 !
CargoManshark
That would be super helpful for me since I'm too tall to see the stoplights normally and have to hunch down.
iusedtobeagoodgirl
I whiz by saying, Gee, they got their Christmas lights up early this year.
PinkEater
Color blind will be more confused? Just asking. They could shape the lights and/or light fewer for green and all for red, maybe.
itsimpossibletofindausernamethatisnttaken
Well the original stoplight is still there. But I like the idea of trying to adapt the new one too.
MGCMorph
So simple its incredible it doesn't already exist everywhere.
lebronkeykong
i was thinking you could have rain sensors on them to make yellow lights longer when it is wet. just a thought i had as a kid
BTCC88
muchLongerUsername
It's a shame we standardized on the colors we did, though...
iHateMyselfButIHateYouMore
Are you RG colorblind?
Catleese
Color color which color do you want
Considering that something like 1 in 20 people are red/green colorblind... something else.
Sjg437
In California people would crash into each other trying to film these while driving. Guaranteed
cnridMemeDiver
Illuminate the poles on their traffic lights. If there's no car beside you, when you embark then I'll follow you toward the park...sorry
TheobromineAddict
Typical European intersection. If you stop at the intersection the traffic lights are above your head where you can't see them.
CaptainWARLORD
Except there are lights above and to the sides. And I'm not talking about the tubes. Ugh, so typical.
CatLestat
You’re not wrong, I have had to genuinely had to lean forwards and look up to see when the light turns green.
I was working in Antwerp for a few months. I asked residents why there are no street name signs. "We've been invaded twice. We don't want ⇶
⇶ the next invaders to easily find their way around the city." And yes, I stopped 3 or 4 car lengths short of the intersections so I could⇶
⇶see the traffic lights. Sorry Europeans, it's just bad traffic engineering. ▉
MOTHERFUCKINGSATAN
I don't really have trouble seeing them now though?
itsallaboutthecones
Will help people looking down at their phones to notice it's changed, hopefully.
Dhood86
The roof of the car blocks my line of sight, and I cannot make the seat low enough or get closer to the wheel. Gotta crane my neck to see.
skyrocketeer
Doesn’t mean other people might have issues
aPinchofMensch
No lights in your town that catch the sun badly at the worst time of the day?
DonnaNobleInTheLibrary
Light-up poles would have the exact same issue at the exact same time, though.
Tyanet
I only ever have this problem when the light is just on the overhead part of the pole, and not the lower vertical part.
vrflyer
Nope, not around our town and burbs. They’re actually noticeable even with the sun shining onto them.
Amythyst
What about behind them, so to look at the light and see which it is you have to be staring directly at the sun?
woozle
neat
GroumphLePreux
Hmmm, an inner light would make pole dancers even neatier !
lancell
Mafooo
drunkill
there is a reason why you can only see traffic lights from the direction of travel...
OrigamiPigeon
The road here is one way, I'd be worried if someone was coming the other way and got confused
madmanmoe64
Putting the lights in a channel would probably restrict the viewing angle enough.
maxredspeed3
It's a square pole...the lights aren't the same on all faces.
ZakuX
What makes you think you can see them from other angles?
NorseGod222
My thinking too. These would be too visible to all directions of traffic and may confuse if moving at high speeds
leodavinci1
The poles aren't the same color all around? They may be square poles instead of round and show the proper color depending on direction.
rmiGod
There are some intersections with that kind of traffic lights in my town and the LED array is only on that side of the pole.
Cool! Then sounds like a viable option for better visibility
soggywaffle1234
Probably uses more electricity though, especially in long run
colt64
Sure but LEDs are pretty damn efficient and they don't need to be deployed everywhere. If they improve safety it's likely cost effective.
J0hnnyMemeonic
Maybe not with LEDs, power draw would be negligible if replacing older traffic signals
spittleteets
Can't in cold weather states. Rely upon the heat to melt snow.
tpanyS
I think you underestimate the amount of heat a higher power LED can produce. LED bulbs/projectors for cars literally have heat sinks.
ThatMicrosoftPaintGuy
companies sell heaters that go in front of LED traffic lamps. they use 20 watts and only activate in sub 0 temps.
the average Incadesent Traffic bulb uses 60 - 120 watts. all year round. (- off time)
Well that's good news. I just hope it costs low enough that municipalities would actually convert.
SeasonedCitizen
Behind trucks in traffic the light is often blocked, these make perfect sense to me.
AnnieGitchYerGun
I very much appreciate the arrow light on the poles for left turns. That way I know if it's still safe to go when I'm behind a fawksing bus
that was 3rd in line. Rather than just yelling Bonzaaaai and going through blind.
jonjoncarlisle
Why would it matter if you can't see a light when you're behind a truck? You're not moving till that truck does anyway.
Darkwell
This is how you get rear-ended. Someone behind you looks ahead of you and says, "Time to go!" and hits the gas.
HectoProtecto
It's to slow-down/stop, the truck may or may not run it on yellow/red.
IamTheMysticLurker
Have you driven? When you're at a light and it turns and everyone starts moving forward the truck may go through a yellow and by the time
You see the light it's red or almost and then you either have to stop abruptly or run the light because you had nearly no time to react.
So then you run the risk of being rear ended because you abruptly stopped, due to lack of time to make a decision. Very common.
YoudSwearImAVirgin
I agree, but shouldn't be that close behind a semi (IMO) anyway, especially when going through traffic lights.
CangodCreateAStoneItCannotLift
Does this work for bicyclists as well?
DonkeyBottomBiters
The red light is more orange/yellow though...
cainofdreaming
What if you don't have poles, only hungarians?
tchoukiwalimou
Zaruzen
In Sweden someonewould vandalize it within 24 hours
RCSpotz
Great until the colorblind person runs it
SteamingTheCat
Christmas must be fun at that intersection
Tristanssid
As a taller person who needs their seat way back to fit, lights being up is a pita as I can't see them when I'm at the front, this, or 1.
Tristanssid
Small lower ones would be a great help.
mattheww100
Where? Driving on the left...
mayorofdrixdale
One-way road? Could be anywhere..
InHarmsWay
Idiots will still ignore/miss it.
Dukeboysz
I Iike it. For those days when the sun bleaches the fuck out of everything and is shining perfectly around your visor into your eyes.
ImakeWine
Glasses help drivers see better, not lighted poles.
catrov
It's like some Disney village where the trees all light up and the streetlights shoot magical sparkles.
heyguysimisaac
Great more light pollution :(
dancerpitt
Genius 9000 !
CargoManshark
That would be super helpful for me since I'm too tall to see the stoplights normally and have to hunch down.
iusedtobeagoodgirl
I whiz by saying, Gee, they got their Christmas lights up early this year.
PinkEater
Color blind will be more confused? Just asking. They could shape the lights and/or light fewer for green and all for red, maybe.
itsimpossibletofindausernamethatisnttaken
Well the original stoplight is still there. But I like the idea of trying to adapt the new one too.
MGCMorph
So simple its incredible it doesn't already exist everywhere.
lebronkeykong
i was thinking you could have rain sensors on them to make yellow lights longer when it is wet. just a thought i had as a kid
BTCC88
muchLongerUsername
It's a shame we standardized on the colors we did, though...
iHateMyselfButIHateYouMore
Are you RG colorblind?
Catleese
Color color which color do you want
muchLongerUsername
Considering that something like 1 in 20 people are red/green colorblind... something else.
Sjg437
In California people would crash into each other trying to film these while driving. Guaranteed
cnridMemeDiver
Illuminate the poles on their traffic lights. If there's no car beside you, when you embark then I'll follow you toward the park...sorry
TheobromineAddict
Typical European intersection. If you stop at the intersection the traffic lights are above your head where you can't see them.
CaptainWARLORD
Except there are lights above and to the sides. And I'm not talking about the tubes. Ugh, so typical.
CatLestat
You’re not wrong, I have had to genuinely had to lean forwards and look up to see when the light turns green.
TheobromineAddict
I was working in Antwerp for a few months. I asked residents why there are no street name signs. "We've been invaded twice. We don't want ⇶
TheobromineAddict
⇶ the next invaders to easily find their way around the city." And yes, I stopped 3 or 4 car lengths short of the intersections so I could⇶
TheobromineAddict
⇶see the traffic lights. Sorry Europeans, it's just bad traffic engineering. ▉
MOTHERFUCKINGSATAN
I don't really have trouble seeing them now though?
itsallaboutthecones
Will help people looking down at their phones to notice it's changed, hopefully.
Dhood86
The roof of the car blocks my line of sight, and I cannot make the seat low enough or get closer to the wheel. Gotta crane my neck to see.
skyrocketeer
Doesn’t mean other people might have issues
aPinchofMensch
No lights in your town that catch the sun badly at the worst time of the day?
DonnaNobleInTheLibrary
Light-up poles would have the exact same issue at the exact same time, though.
Tyanet
I only ever have this problem when the light is just on the overhead part of the pole, and not the lower vertical part.
vrflyer
Nope, not around our town and burbs. They’re actually noticeable even with the sun shining onto them.
Amythyst
What about behind them, so to look at the light and see which it is you have to be staring directly at the sun?
woozle
neat
GroumphLePreux
Hmmm, an inner light would make pole dancers even neatier !
lancell
Mafooo
drunkill
there is a reason why you can only see traffic lights from the direction of travel...
OrigamiPigeon
The road here is one way, I'd be worried if someone was coming the other way and got confused
madmanmoe64
Putting the lights in a channel would probably restrict the viewing angle enough.
maxredspeed3
It's a square pole...the lights aren't the same on all faces.
madmanmoe64
Putting the lights in a channel would probably restrict the viewing angle enough.
ZakuX
What makes you think you can see them from other angles?
madmanmoe64
Putting the lights in a channel would probably restrict the viewing angle enough.
NorseGod222
My thinking too. These would be too visible to all directions of traffic and may confuse if moving at high speeds
leodavinci1
The poles aren't the same color all around? They may be square poles instead of round and show the proper color depending on direction.
rmiGod
There are some intersections with that kind of traffic lights in my town and the LED array is only on that side of the pole.
NorseGod222
Cool! Then sounds like a viable option for better visibility
soggywaffle1234
Probably uses more electricity though, especially in long run
colt64
Sure but LEDs are pretty damn efficient and they don't need to be deployed everywhere. If they improve safety it's likely cost effective.
J0hnnyMemeonic
Maybe not with LEDs, power draw would be negligible if replacing older traffic signals
spittleteets
Can't in cold weather states. Rely upon the heat to melt snow.
tpanyS
I think you underestimate the amount of heat a higher power LED can produce. LED bulbs/projectors for cars literally have heat sinks.
ThatMicrosoftPaintGuy
companies sell heaters that go in front of LED traffic lamps. they use 20 watts and only activate in sub 0 temps.
ThatMicrosoftPaintGuy
the average Incadesent Traffic bulb uses 60 - 120 watts. all year round. (- off time)
spittleteets
Well that's good news. I just hope it costs low enough that municipalities would actually convert.
SeasonedCitizen
Behind trucks in traffic the light is often blocked, these make perfect sense to me.
AnnieGitchYerGun
I very much appreciate the arrow light on the poles for left turns. That way I know if it's still safe to go when I'm behind a fawksing bus
AnnieGitchYerGun
that was 3rd in line. Rather than just yelling Bonzaaaai and going through blind.
jonjoncarlisle
Why would it matter if you can't see a light when you're behind a truck? You're not moving till that truck does anyway.
Darkwell
This is how you get rear-ended. Someone behind you looks ahead of you and says, "Time to go!" and hits the gas.
HectoProtecto
It's to slow-down/stop, the truck may or may not run it on yellow/red.
IamTheMysticLurker
Have you driven? When you're at a light and it turns and everyone starts moving forward the truck may go through a yellow and by the time
IamTheMysticLurker
You see the light it's red or almost and then you either have to stop abruptly or run the light because you had nearly no time to react.
IamTheMysticLurker
So then you run the risk of being rear ended because you abruptly stopped, due to lack of time to make a decision. Very common.
YoudSwearImAVirgin
I agree, but shouldn't be that close behind a semi (IMO) anyway, especially when going through traffic lights.