Amber traffic light
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i'll happily go through an amber. normally it's being approached at speed, and to slam on the anchors as soon as an amber appears would definitely cause an accident.
if i see a green turn to amber in front of me, i assess if i could stop before the line without needing to do an emergency stop. if i can't i'm maintain speed. if i can, i will stop.
we should learn from the americans, plenty of their trafic light controlled junctions have pre-lights that flash when before the main light changes to amber.
if i see a green turn to amber in front of me, i assess if i could stop before the line without needing to do an emergency stop. if i can't i'm maintain speed. if i can, i will stop.
we should learn from the americans, plenty of their trafic light controlled junctions have pre-lights that flash when before the main light changes to amber.
brillomaster said:
i'll happily go through an amber. normally it's being approached at speed, and to slam on the anchors as soon as an amber appears would definitely cause an accident.
if i see a green turn to amber in front of me, i assess if i could stop before the line without needing to do an emergency stop. if i can't i'm maintain speed. if i can, i will stop.
we should learn from the americans, plenty of their trafic light controlled junctions have pre-lights that flash when before the main light changes to amber.
We have a pre-light. It's called amber, and it shows before the lights go red.if i see a green turn to amber in front of me, i assess if i could stop before the line without needing to do an emergency stop. if i can't i'm maintain speed. if i can, i will stop.
we should learn from the americans, plenty of their trafic light controlled junctions have pre-lights that flash when before the main light changes to amber.
alscar said:
It hasn’t but if you are so close to it that to pull up might cause an accident is still part of the Highway Code I think.
Correct."AMBER means ‘Stop’ at the stop line. You may go on only if the AMBER appears after you have crossed the stop line or are so close to it that to pull up might cause an accident" per .gov site.
The 'Amber Gamblers' must be sufficiently close that to stop would be potentially dangerous.
Baldchap said:
Correct.
"AMBER means ‘Stop’ at the stop line. You may go on only if the AMBER appears after you have crossed the stop line or are so close to it that to pull up might cause an accident" per .gov site.
The 'Amber Gamblers' must be sufficiently close that to stop would be potentially dangerous.
^this."AMBER means ‘Stop’ at the stop line. You may go on only if the AMBER appears after you have crossed the stop line or are so close to it that to pull up might cause an accident" per .gov site.
The 'Amber Gamblers' must be sufficiently close that to stop would be potentially dangerous.
But let us be honest, most of the amber gamblers are not thinking about who is behind when they choose to floor it through the amber or red light...
If ever I think I've cut it fine, I will look in the mirror and see another 3 cars behind me.POIDH said:
^this.
But let us be honest, most of the amber gamblers are not thinking about who is behind when they choose to floor it through the amber or red light...
I accidentally ran a red light once, realised at the last second. Dabbed the brakes while looking in the rear view mirror, realised there was something behind me, so I carried on, having already seen there was no-one at the crossing. But let us be honest, most of the amber gamblers are not thinking about who is behind when they choose to floor it through the amber or red light...
Unfortunately, what was behind me was a police car. Blues go on and I pull over. Not only does the policeman come up to the window, so does a camera man. "Don't mind him," says the copper, "we're just filming for traffic cops!"
Didn't make the episode, as far as I'm aware. I'm sure there was much more interesting stuff to use!
Back in the days of the "Amber Gambler" public information film and Mk1 Fiestas, the lights at a junction were amber in both directions at the same time. Amber gamblers could easily run into each other back then.
Nowadays there is a few seconds after the lights have gone red before the other direction even goes amber, so it's not surprising amber is now seen as a challenge to get across the line before the lights go red.
Nowadays there is a few seconds after the lights have gone red before the other direction even goes amber, so it's not surprising amber is now seen as a challenge to get across the line before the lights go red.
trickywoo said:
Green go, amber go faster, red stop but I always look before going on green if I’m first to go.
Green is proceed with caution. Amber is stop if you can, unless there's someone so close they'd rear end you, which means you will need to keep your foot down otherwise people will think you are in it for the crash for cash scam.
Red for the first 5 seconds means go go go and subsequently means Stop. Unless there's a red-light camera. In which case the first 5 seconds also means stop.
That's my experience in Birmingham and Liverpool. Other cities may have different time delays.
sticks090460 said:
When did an amber traffic light cease to mean ‘Stop’ at the stop line?
Amber is the stop signal, the red is do not proceed ( strictly speaking). Round where I live, a lot of motorists don’t seem to give a monkey’s about either. The kitchen window of my place overlooks a light controlled junction, and a couple of weeks ago, just out of interest, I sat and watched the roads at the junction, for a couple of hours, and counted the amount of light jumpers, and how long the light had been on red, before they went through. I counted 15 vehicles going through the red, in 2 hours. The worst ones were in excess of 5 seconds after the red, and the biggest vehicle I saw, was a HGV, with heavy machinery on board, who would have plenty of time to react and stop, sailing through, 5 seconds after the red was showing. Dbag101 said:
Amber is the stop signal, the red is do not proceed ( strictly speaking). Round where I live, a lot of motorists don’t seem to give a monkey’s about either. The kitchen window of my place overlooks a light controlled junction, and a couple of weeks ago, just out of interest, I sat and watched the roads at the junction, for a couple of hours, and counted the amount of light jumpers, and how long the light had been on red, before they went through. I counted 15 vehicles going through the red, in 2 hours. The worst ones were in excess of 5 seconds after the red, and the biggest vehicle I saw, was a HGV, with heavy machinery on board, who would have plenty of time to react and stop, sailing through, 5 seconds after the red was showing.
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