Nice traffic light design

http://www.yankodesign.com/2010/11/18/sands-of-traffic-times/

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, nicknoxx

I like that. The "How much green is left" is a great idea.

 

I'm particularly fond of the 'Hurry Up' caption;

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Double edged sword though. Someone who might not be tempted to jump a red
could start calculating the odds and we all know that gambling doesn't pay
out in our favour too often.

It is a smart looking set of lights though.

 

Don't like the amber 'Ready' phase: it'll just encourage people to
treat it like green in exactly the same way they do with the current
British system.

I much prefer the combined light/numeric displays that were discussed
recently.

 

Wicked Uncle Nigel wibbled forthrightly:

In Athens (IIRC) they have count down timers to show how much red is
left.

 

So does Yogyakarta

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, geoff

As do (did?) Mumbai. The Mumbai Grand Prix was a sight to behold. As the
count gets to 10 the revs rise, at 8 the lights are obscured by a rising
cloud of smoke, at 5 they launch.

Of course, the other guys don't stop until their lights are really,
really, properly red...

Oddly enough, it all seems to work and the death rate is acceptable (by
local standards).

 

They've got ped crossing countdowns in the City now.

 

Love it.

 

It must be all of three weeks since we had EXACTLY THIS DISCUSSION on
ukrm.

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, ogden

How terrible! You should tweet about it. Or put it on your Facebook
status. Or both.

Twice.

 

Ooh. Shouty.

 

As one of the comments put it - what about colour blind people? They
rely on position.

The comments refer to an existing solution - there's nothing new...

http://www.yankodesign.com/2009/11/30/a-better-understanding-of-stoplights/

 

Looks like yer gonna need some more LEDs.

 

Good point.

The high-tech solution for gadget geeks is to have a standard set of
lights with a local Bluetooth transmitter sending timing information
for to a receiver & display in the car, tied into the SatNav for
clarity in case of confusion withother branches of the junction; that
way they can display it any way they choose.

They could provide it as a chargeable extra service with a yearly
subscription. It's a winner, I tell you.

 

Will it be available for positive earth cars?

 

Does anyone else think that ped crossing design is wrong?
Press the button and you have to wait a minute for the green man,
so you cross after half a minute and then the traffic has to stop
when no pedestrians are crossing. I know the idea is to allow time for
a bunch of people to gather and cross together, but it just doesn't work.

 

Puffin crossings are supposed to detect if a pedestrian has wandered off
before going red.

<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puffin_crossing>

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Champ

*Exactly*.