Do traffic lights change quicker nowadays?

[ivan edake 13]

Am I imagining it or do traffic lights change more quickly from go to stop than they used to?Once upon a time when lights were on green they would change to amber,stay on amber for a short time,then change to red.Now many of them appear to change straight from green to red with just a quick flash of the amber.These also always seem to be fitted with a camera so I am wondering if it is purposely done to catch drivers going through on red and therefore extract more money from the long suffering motorist.

[Skink 10]

nope, just a sign of middle age - everything was bigger and slower in my youth - I mean what happened to Wagon Wheels? Used to be as big as a dinner plate

[Robbiet 10]

The traffic lights in the Wicker at the junction with Derick Dooley way are the quickest I know.Lucky to get two buses through before they change

[geared 315]

It's called getting old and it happens to all of us.

[apelike 10]

It seems that way because the old lights were analogue and took time to warm up... cough..

[carosio 186]

These also always seem to be fitted with a camera so I am wondering if it is purposely done to catch drivers going through on red and therefore extract more money from the long suffering motorist.

Think you might be confusing that with the detector for triggering the lights.

[cgksheff 44]

It seems that way because the old lights were analogue and took time to warm up... cough..

 

I think there is another thread somewhere about led delay!!!

[Bargepole23 337]

Am I imagining it or do traffic lights change more quickly from go to stop than they used to?Once upon a time when lights were on green they would change to amber,stay on amber for a short time,then change to red.Now many of them appear to change straight from green to red with just a quick flash of the amber.These also always seem to be fitted with a camera so I am wondering if it is purposely done to catch drivers going through on red and therefore extract more money from the long suffering motorist.

 

What suffering do motorists have to endure exactly?

[spilldig 188]

I feel sorry for PCV and HGV drivers particularly because they aren't really at amber for long enough.

[ANGELFIRE1 10]

Inside City boundaries it would be no surprise that traffic light sequence is manipulated against the motorist. After all there is a purge on the internal combustion engine and it's perceived pollution. What better idea than to try and deter the motorist from driving in the city center by making the journey a right old pain in the arras.

 

Angel1.

[area 51 10]

Inside City boundaries it would be no surprise that traffic light sequence is manipulated against the motorist. After all there is a purge on the internal combustion engine and it's perceived pollution. What better idea than to try and deter the motorist from driving in the city center by making the journey a right old pain in the arras.

 

Angel1.

 

I had a person who worked in the traffic management tell me exactly that several years ago when i complained about a traffic light taking over a minute to change.He told me off the record that a lot of politics got in the way of efficiency,make of that what you will.