<div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:12px">On Wed, 15 Apr 2020 at 10:36, <<a href="mailto:Lukas-458@web.de">Lukas-458@web.de</a>> wrote:<br> <br><div> </div>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div>Which was mentioned a few posts before? The traffic lights control the junction, but people might say that the same one single traffic light is controlling the pedestrian crossing and the junction...</div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>I would say that it is controlling the crossing because it is. And just to</div><div>complicate matters further, it has a button for the pedestrian to press</div><div>so you'd presumably like to say it is on demand. But in many cases where</div><div>the lights control both a crossing and a junction, the button may not</div><div>affect the timing of the signals. The word "WAIT" illuminates when the</div><div>button is pressed (and stays illuminated until the signals change to</div><div>allow the pedestrian to cross) but that may be the only effect it has.</div><div>In those cases the pedestrian has only the illusion of control, not</div><div>actual control.</div><div><br></div><div>-- <br></div><div>Paul</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div> </div></div></div>