Traffic light coordination and control

TRAFFIC LIGHT CONTROL

Traffic Light Coordination and Control

Traffic light use and control

Introduction

Traffic light is a signaling device that was invented by Garrett Morgan (1875-1963 , and it is often positioned at strategic location such as intersections on the road , pedestrian crossing and some other junctions The main purpose is to control traffic by indicating with various colors such as red , green and amber to maintain traffic regulations and speed These colors are so universal that it is even meant for those that are color blinded . Traffic lights meant for

vehicles are usually made up of three types , which include red , orange or yellow and green with various meanings . Flashing of the lights such as red normally mean stop while green mean go ' and yellow which usually flashed after red and before green simply mean prepare to go . The lights for the pedestrians is usually equipped with two different lights which are red that means stop ' and green which means go . There are even special traffic lights , which are meant for special vehicles such as buses and trams . These set of traffic light are usually design to have bars of white light in a vertical or horizontal views or form (Cunard , Richard 2008

There are different turning signals and rules , guiding the use of traffic lights , for instance there are some countries that allow traffic to turn towards left direction when stopped by a red light While some turn right especially in most right driving countries most especially when...