tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6336941957519877299.post6211688348652411415..comments2023-10-21T01:24:38.665-07:00Comments on Uncle Bill's Canadian blog: In your own time please.........zzzzzzzzzzzBill Stickerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05285528897339442436noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6336941957519877299.post-72571461572290475852010-09-13T14:39:04.773-07:002010-09-13T14:39:04.773-07:00I think the UK must be unusual in having the Green...I think the UK must be unusual in having the Green, Amber, Red, Red+Amber, Green sequence. I've not seen anywhere else that gives you a couple of seconds warning before the light goes green, and it's caught me out more than a few times here. I always used to watch the other roads on a junction as well as the light because what the traffic's doing can tell you what phase their lights are on, knowing that if I check my light often enough at worst I'm going to catch the end of the amber. When I moved here and started doing that I kept coming back to my light to find it had already gone green and dumbly thinking 'when'd that happen?' while Mrs Exile had giggle fits in the passenger seat.Angry Exilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02491082312193274360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6336941957519877299.post-57075803256284772652010-09-12T22:20:01.221-07:002010-09-12T22:20:01.221-07:00Nope, just the standard Green, Amber, Red, and bac...Nope, just the standard Green, Amber, Red, and back to Green. The same behaviour in the UK, or even New York would draw the opprobrium of other drivers within two seconds. Here we just wait for them to wake up.Bill Stickerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05285528897339442436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6336941957519877299.post-63285787030571925362010-09-12T21:15:03.868-07:002010-09-12T21:15:03.868-07:00Do they have an amber phase between red and green?...Do they have an amber phase between red and green? I've always thought the lack of an amber light telling drivers to sort the gears out and get ready for the green light is the reason why the traffic here often takes a long time to go when the lights change.Angry Exilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02491082312193274360noreply@blogger.com