New Posts For Thread: traffic lights/my rant of the dayhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31454819/traffic-lightsmy-rant-of-the-dayThey are always fecking red when i arrive at them.And once in a blue moon if i get through without stopping i get a long red at the next set."in the name of god and his holy mother why can someone not sort out this problem(i wish i had a remote contrthey have traffic warning on main roads leading into LONDON and instead of saying "avoid Marble arch ,heavy traffic"you are more likely to read"free starbucks coffee if you fill up with petrol in the next garage on the left.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31454819/traffic-lightsmy-rant-of-the-day?post_id=555633733#555633733they have traffic warning on main roads leading into LONDON and instead of saying "avoid Marble arch ,heavy traffic"you are more likely to read"free starbucks coffee if you fill up with petrol in the next garage on the left.Fri, 28 Sep 2018 13:22:09 -0500i know that lady,but there many sets of lights that stop everyone together for 30 seconds ,but a lot of sets could be fitted with sensors to count the traffic passing on each street or road.and then the lights could react to the volume of traffic .anhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31454819/traffic-lightsmy-rant-of-the-day?post_id=555633699#555633699i know that lady,but there many sets of lights that stop everyone together for 30 seconds ,but a lot of sets could be fitted with sensors to count the traffic passing on each street or road.and then the lights could react to the volume of traffic .anFri, 28 Sep 2018 13:12:45 -0500Brass, that idea is flawed (dependant on the junction and how many lanes!They tried that in Selby, where there are two lanes; the r/h lane is for right turners only, and the nearside lane is for straight ahead or left.So they put up a left turn greenhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31454819/traffic-lightsmy-rant-of-the-day?post_id=555632263#555632263Brass, that idea is flawed (dependant on the junction and how many lanes!They tried that in Selby, where there are two lanes; the r/h lane is for right turners only, and the nearside lane is for straight ahead or left.So they put up a left turn greenFri, 28 Sep 2018 10:02:22 -0500I think you might have borrowed that from the Americans....Anyway, that only works if the junction has more than one lane. I encounter one every weekday morning where the left-hand feeder lane at a single carriageway T-junction always turns green behttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31454819/traffic-lightsmy-rant-of-the-day?post_id=555632229#555632229I think you might have borrowed that from the Americans....Anyway, that only works if the junction has more than one lane. I encounter one every weekday morning where the left-hand feeder lane at a single carriageway T-junction always turns green beFri, 28 Sep 2018 09:59:23 -0500Dr, it isn't the councils, it's the government controlled "Highways Agency"....https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31454819/traffic-lightsmy-rant-of-the-day?post_id=555632179#555632179Dr, it isn't the councils, it's the government controlled "Highways Agency"....Fri, 28 Sep 2018 09:52:13 -0500IN other words change the red light to turn left flashing green yield light,go if it is safe so to speak, that will clear the left inside lane at all times and keep one lane empty.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31454819/traffic-lightsmy-rant-of-the-day?post_id=555631377#555631377IN other words change the red light to turn left flashing green yield light,go if it is safe so to speak, that will clear the left inside lane at all times and keep one lane empty.Fri, 28 Sep 2018 07:59:48 -0500ok,how about this for an idea,allow all cars turning left go through a red light if there is no traffic coming,sounds crazy but think about it ,its a very clever idea from THE BRASS.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31454819/traffic-lightsmy-rant-of-the-day?post_id=555631291#555631291ok,how about this for an idea,allow all cars turning left go through a red light if there is no traffic coming,sounds crazy but think about it ,its a very clever idea from THE BRASS.Fri, 28 Sep 2018 07:49:18 -0500Too many junctions with traffic lights because councils have got too much money to spend.A junction with give way lines only costs a bit of paint to maintain, how much does it cost to maintain a set of traffic lights?A large traffic island near me wohttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31454819/traffic-lightsmy-rant-of-the-day?post_id=555630705#555630705Too many junctions with traffic lights because councils have got too much money to spend.A junction with give way lines only costs a bit of paint to maintain, how much does it cost to maintain a set of traffic lights?A large traffic island near me woFri, 28 Sep 2018 06:02:26 -0500The ones that particularly rile me are pedestrian crossings!Someone hits the button, and crosses before they get the green light.Then 30 seconds later, all traffic is stopped while invisible people are crossing!https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31454819/traffic-lightsmy-rant-of-the-day?post_id=555629883#555629883The ones that particularly rile me are pedestrian crossings!Someone hits the button, and crosses before they get the green light.Then 30 seconds later, all traffic is stopped while invisible people are crossing!Fri, 28 Sep 2018 02:53:21 -0500I blame the Illuminatihttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31454819/traffic-lightsmy-rant-of-the-day?post_id=555629777#555629777I blame the IlluminatiFri, 28 Sep 2018 01:57:07 -0500