unbelieveable traffic lights

[bernhund]

Yesterday in Sevenoaks I came to some temporary lights for road works. As I approached they were green, so on I continue, then suddenly I react and stamp on the brakes because they were red. I couldn't quite understand why I just reacted so quickly and perhaps violently.(items on passenger seat flew onto the floor).
I went back through them later and had a good look as they changed. The amber light had a green bulb/lense on it. So when I approached earlier they'd gone green, blank, green, blank, red. You just don't realise how programmed you are to react to them.
What kind of f**king idiot changes bulbs like that? Maybe next time he'll put a red in the green if he doesn't have a spare!

[twoblacklines]

There were some in plymouth in greenbank a few weeks ago, that one end didnt change, ever. So you queuing for them for ages then decide to go anyway and meet traffic coming the other way

[Baz Tench]

There are some permanent ones on one particular 3 way junction in my town that drive me mental!

They seem to have a mind of their own, sometimes keeping you waiting while they deal with the other traffic 2 or 3 times over before they finally change for you!

[chris_w]

bernhund said:

Yesterday in Sevenoaks

Totally o/t but you followed me up Sevenoaks High Street a couple of weeks back, your car certainly has rear view mirror presence!

[sicarumba]

There is a set of lights near me which occasionally will go from green, to amber, to red and amber, to green all within a few seconds. So you see them go amber and naturally slow to a halt, but they've gone green by the time you get to the line. I guess the default reaction is to look at your mirrors/the junction/the other traffic/anything other than the lights because you assume they're red, until someone behind you sounds their horn to tell you otherwise!

[neil_bolton]

Try living in Bristol.

I'm fairly sure the traffic planner manager has shares in a traffic light company.

[tangerine_sedge]

neil_bolton said:

Try living in Bristol.

I'm fairly sure the traffic planner manager has shares in a traffic light company.

There's a traffic planner in Bristol? Not on the evidence that I see....