Around here, red means stop, green means go and yellow means go very, very fast. We were staying in a small town in Montana and I asked how to get to the grocery store. The lady in the office said, "just go to the traffic light and you can see everything in town." "The first traffic light?" I asked. "Honey," she said, "There's only the one in the whole county." Now, that's a job I'd like to have.....County Traffic Light Inspector. My uncle once told me about when his small town got their first traffic light. He said people would mosey down to the corner after dinner to watch the light turn. "Look, it's fixin' to turn now." "There it goes!" "Waal, wouldya look at that!"
This was a one-traffic-light town when I moved here. Since then, the population has decreased by about 50% but we now have two traffic lights. Clearly, it's not a priority though, because whenever something goes wrong with one of them, it takes a couple of months before anyone fixes it, during which time we have a blinking yellow.
Do you have these left turn lights near you yet? They introduced them here about a year ago. To me they are distracting, and make what used to be simple, feel like it is much more complicated. I've basically learned to ignore them except if the arrow is green or red. I'm just not a multitasker.
@Nancy Hart They were installed in Laughlin awhile back, and at first I hated them. They only go green immediately after a pause for the red, then go back to flashing yellow. Many folks unknowing of the meaning hold back out of the intersection, unable to comprehend they are being given the left turn option if it is safe to do so. I have actually learned to like them. Whether they were needed or not to improve intersection safety, I have no idea. Frank
@Joe Riley Nice, 'ceptin' ours here consist of one lens which has one arrow in it, and flashes yellow, or lights up solid yellow, red or green, all in one lamp head. Frank