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[email protected] · April 15th 09, 09:51 PM posted to uk.transport.london

In article ,
(Mortimer) wrote:

"JNugent" wrote in message
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By the way, what's the situation with lights which are only for a
pedestrian crossing (ie not for a road junction)? I thought that
these always had a flashing amber phase between red and green,
during which it was legal for cars to set off or drive across
providing the crossing was clear of pedestrians. I was surprised
the other day to find a pedestrian-only crossing where the lights
went to solid amber instead of flashing amber.

There are lots like that in Liverpool - all the way along the A59
(Scotland Road and extensions) for example.

Ah. OK. How do the installers decide which type of pedestrian
lights to install and how do road users know which type are being
used - apart from by waiting for the amber to go out if it is a
flashing pedestrian type of lights or to stay on if it is a
vehicle-junction type of lights?

Why not make it simple and say *all* pedestrian lights have a
flashing phase and *no* vehicle-junction lights have a flashing
phase?

It's the other way round. Lights with flashing phases are obsolescent.

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Colin Rosenstiel