The traffic light

[Bruce Wayne]

Not that I pay any attention to them like, but the first one was installed in Ohio 100 years ago yesterday.

Hope the bloody things had a miserable birthday

 

[tommye]

wtf?

 

[Toffeelover]

Bruce without them can you imagine what the roads would be like.

 

[COYB]

Why did the chicken cross the road? To get to the other side.

Why did she go to the other side? To go to the bar.

Why did she go to the bar? To go to the toilet.

Why did she go to the toilet? Because that's where all the cocks hang out.

 

[Bruce Wayne]

Bruce without them can you imagine what the roads would be like.

They'd be bliss mate. Check out the work of Hans Monderman and his shared space concept. Basically all road signs are removed and people are free to go as they please. Accidents are reduced because people have to think what they're doing and look out for fellow road users.

http://archive.wired.com/wired/archive/12.12/traffic.html

 

[Pat's Van]

we should jib the traffic lights and go back to having the flag man walking in front of the car

perhaps an opportunity for benefits claimants to make use of themselves

 

[toffee matt]

This should go on a plinth with Reidy's curser thread

 

[Toffeelover]

They'd be bliss mate. Check out the work of Hans Monderman and his shared space concept. Basically all road signs are removed and people are free to go as they please. Accidents are reduced because people have to think what they're doing and look out for fellow road users.

http://archive.wired.com/wired/archive/12.12/traffic.html

have to disagree Bruce. Up here where I live jumping traffic lights on amber and red has become something of a past-time.

 

[Degs62]

No idea why Bruce is against them, cyclists don't bother to follow them.

 

[Jacko93]

Did you take this picture, or search it out, cause thats the traffic light at the junction of Bridgefott n Warrington, outside what was Smiths nightclub. With Tiger Too on the opposite corner.

 

[Bruce Wayne]

No idea why Bruce is against them, cyclists don't bother to follow them.

Makes my day having to wait at them for 30 seconds whilst no living soul moves a muscle There are 6,000 in London alone. Mental.

 

[evilwebby]

Not that I pay any attention to them like, but the first one was installed in Ohio 100 years ago yesterday.

Self confessed RLJer, eh?

 

[Bruce Wayne]

Did you take this picture, or search it out, cause thats the traffic light at the junction of Bridgefott n Warrington, outside what was Smiths nightclub. With Tiger Too on the opposite corner.

'tis the pic Wikipedia gave me.

 

[Jacko93]

'tis the pic Wikipedia gave me.

Of all the pics, in all the world, you have to put one up that I go through every day.

(I would much rather this reply was being posted in the 'fit birds' thread)

 

[Bruce Wayne]

Self confessed RLJer, eh?

Most of the time I wait. Some I don't though. There's a set on Crystal Palace parade for instance that give you a red light, even though there's a whole bus lane empty. If you can see quite clearly there's no bus, no pedestrian...

Common sense is usually a pretty good guide of safety on the roads.