Tyler Adds Flashing Yellow Turn Lights
Posted: July 18th, 2008 under New, News.
Comments: 2
Tyler drivers are experiencing a new traffic signal in 2008 - the flashing yellow light. Drivers should yield and turn during a flashing yellow light, similar to the familiar solid green left turn yield. Tyler is following other cities across the nation including Michigan, Portland and Charlotte after a federal study showed that flashing yellow turn lights prevent more crashes than a traditional solid green yield.
Tyler has already installed six flashing yellow turn lights in busy intersections like Donnybrook and Broadway, and on Loop 323 at Old Bullard Road and Copeland.
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Comment from greg
Time: July 18, 2008, 6:17 am
Yes, the most confusing signals ever devised are being installed on a few more intersections! You know in some places how the signal light starts flashing just before it changes? Well, these are the OPPOSITE! So, when this yellow arrow is flashing it means its OK to proceed, but when it lights up continuously, it means its about to turn red. (And just how is it that a flashing yellow light is “similar to the familiar solid green”?) So, in confusion, many people just sit there rather than risking going forward. With slower traffic, it may be safer (i.e., fewer wrecks with fatalities), but traffic doesn’t move as well. That is progress in the eyes of Tyler’s so-called traffic engineer!
Comment from Deedee
Time: July 29, 2008, 7:32 pm
I completely agree with Greg. This is very frustrating! Recently, I was sitting at a red light on the loop & Old Bullard and the yellow light starts blinking before it even turned green. So I pull into the intersection to yield my left turn expecting the light to soon turn green. Instead within about 60 seconds the light suddenly changes back to red and I’m still stuck in the middle of the intersection. This is going to cause more accidents that it’s supposed to prevent and it won’t decrease traffic, because from now on, I’ll be one of those people waiting it out rather than risking an accident or a ticket!
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