Dunno about you lot, but I'm getting mighty fedup and frustrated with this seemingly 'night time mode' that some of the traffic lights seem to switch over to after about 9/10 pm around here.

Trundle along obeying the speed limit, approach a set with full view of the opposing entrance to the main road, nothing coming, then aggggghhhh, they change to red just as you approach them.

Some stay on red for maybe just a few seconds, others for what seems like an eternity.

Other lights you can approach are already on red, and they WILL NOT change to green until a car comes from the road already showing the green.

What on earth is this actually all about ey, anyone know?

My thoughts are that it's simply a government directive to create more fuel useage with all the stoppong and statring = more tax collection.

Call me a cyinical old goat if you so wish.

I just roll up to them really slowly and they change.

Some are timer operated others have sensors.

most traffic lights have an inductive sensor inside the road surface to act as a 'metal detector'. i can only pressume that the set of lights in question has been deliberately programmed to do that in an effort to keep the speed down at certain times of day

I run on " Traffic Lights " all day at work

I just roll up to them really slowly and they change.

Some are timer operated others have sensors.

I assume they are already on red then?

I'm talking about lights on green and changing to red as you approach them even though nothing is waiting at the junction/s.

I'm talking about half a dozen sets within 3 miles of here btw, but only after a certain time of night.

I've always thought that we should take up what they do in the USA and some European countries and after a certain time.... Say 10pm till 5am.... the lights at a junction should all just flash amber and it becomes a give way junction. Obviously not every set of lights/junction would be suitable as at some busy junctions onto dual carriageways etc... it could better to maybe leave the lights running as normal but i can think of plenty of situations round this neck of the woods that would run ok with the flashing ambers.

If it works in those other countries then why not here?

Cheers

Dave.

Edited 7 December, 201015 yr by WaveyDavey

I like some of the ones in Canada. They have a set of lights before the actual traffic lights

If you pass these lights and your doing the speed limit and there green the lights at the junction will be green

If you pass these lights and there yellow, the lights will be red when you get to the junction even if you can see the junction lights are green when you pass the first set of lights

Clever

I like some of the ones in Canada. They have a set of lights before the actual traffic lights

If you pass these lights and your doing the speed limit and there green the lights at the junction will be green

If you pass these lights and there yellow, the lights will be red when you get to the junction even if you can see the junction lights are green when you pass the first set of lights

Clever

Excellent idea, but unfortunately this country doesn't do clever, just downright annoying and collection of stealth taxes.

Move to Northern Ireland. Everything here seems to be optional, including basic car control.

Sounds like York the traffic lights here are to create jams, whenever a set stops working traffic always flows freely with no standing traffic what so ever.