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| #1 Post by Faith, on Thu Nov 18 2010 7:56 AM |
| Seems like a cool idea! But I don't know about the yellow light after the red "wait" light. I think it'd be too confusing for drivers. |
| #2 Post by nugen, on Thu Nov 18 2010 8:31 AM |
| They have this in many cities in SE Asia already, but instead of hourglass graphics, they just have numerical countdowns. Works pretty well I thought. Probably better than this. |
| #3 Post by TEngnr, on Thu Nov 18 2010 9:29 AM |
| Countdown traffic lights are old technology that resurfaces every 10 years or so when people forget they increase crashes. |
| #4 Post by andy, on Thu Nov 18 2010 9:37 AM |
| The current stop light configuration ensures people who are color blind are able to distinguish between a yellow, red and green based on position. This is cool looking, but would definitely cause accidents. |
| #5 Post by WC, on Thu Nov 18 2010 10:2 AM |
| My first thought was for color-blind people as well. The location-based stop lights are bad enough (it's easy to get confused, especially on the ones that are left-to-right) but these would be disastrous. |
| #6 Post by Greg, on Thu Nov 18 2010 11:16 AM |
| looks like a good idea, but after 2 sec of thinking, it's obvious that this kind of stuff for traffic regulation would just increase crash at junction... |
| #7 Post by David, on Thu Nov 18 2010 1:59 PM |
| First of all, I think that this is generally a good idea, in Europe all of the lights go yellow before going green too, I do like that. However, I wonder how this system would accommodate colorblind drivers? |
| #8 Post by nick, on Thu Nov 18 2010 4:2 PM |
| let the drag races commence |
| #9 Post by Isegrim, on Thu Nov 18 2010 5:38 PM |
| Looks nice... But has anyone thought about the colorblind? How are they supposed to identify the current phase? A countdown timer added to the original trafic lights would do the same and it would be much cheaper. |
| #10 Post by ronnie_space, on Thu Nov 18 2010 7:35 PM |
| An interesting and fresh idea- but I think that's as far as it will get. The current proposal is flawed as the two yellow stages are the same.. so when you approach you wouldn't know if you need to stop or get ready to go. Traffic light sequence in the UK is: green= go amber= stop if safe to do so red= stop red + amber= get ready to go green= go |
| #11 Post by Tommy, on Thu Nov 18 2010 10:1 PM |
| Its a good idea, and it looks awesome. But, as many of you say, it would lead to more accidents. Its to advanced.. Keep it simple. I think that most people would stare at it, and forget to drive, just to see the next animation. But it looks awesome.. No doubt. |
| #12 Post by Tim, on Thu Nov 18 2010 11:26 PM |
| Here, I fixed it for the colorblind. http://imgur.com/OnAEN.jpg |
| #13 Post by Ariel, on Sat Nov 20 2010 10:26 PM |
| If you approach a light and see the orange with countdown, how would you know if it's a countdown to red or green? Problem. |
| #14 Post by sarango, on Mon Nov 22 2010 0:21 AM |
| Anybody stopped to read the fine print? It's all broken english, VERY poor copy-editing!! Oh, and yeah, too complicated. Monkeys stare, transfixed by falling lights, like bananas from a tree. |
| #15 Post by tenzou, on Mon Nov 22 2010 6:16 AM |
| They should provide the green and red ones with the counter, it would be more clever if people would know how many time they have left to stop, or till go..instead of the uncertain yellow light which can mean both. I like the design thou, the idea is a good idea, despite it's entertaining enough to make people wait too long looking at it. However I still don't know how it helps colorblind peopl.. oO |
| #16 Post by Pranshu frm India, on Sun Jan 9 2011 11:56 PM |
| I also think its a good idea...should be tried somewhere and should data and improve it and apply it slowly everywhere...but different countries different reactions, so start with an experiment an and improve according to that countries need...and WALAAAH!!! hehehe in short I LOVED IT... |
