> > >Kevin T. >Of course, I'd scream the loudest if the government ever tried to do this, >but I still think one day they will try. Maybe someone will sue the DOT >after their family dies on a highway from a high speed accident. My hometown >was sued once, the one red light in town wasn't working. It could only flash >yellow to cars in east-west direction and red to north-south. Two cars hit >head on, not from a side direction, with one fatality and they blamned it on >the faulty red light. And won. > I am always fascinated in the US that they have so few lights at intersections, particularly at the number of intersections where there was only one light in any direction. In Australia, in any size town, if a red light blew it would absolutely no impact because every set of traffic lights includes at least 3, and often 5, clusters. Beside the stop line, overhead gantries, on the opposing corner at minimum, but usually more. When driving in the US, I always worried about what would happen if a bulb blew out.
(Our traffic light bulbs are now being replaced by arrays of high-intensity LEDs - they're really cool!) Cheers Russell C.
