[OSM-talk] Pedestrian crossings and barriers
Richard Fairhurst
richard at systemeD.net
Sun Jul 29 16:15:45 BST 2007
OJW wrote:
> Going off on a complete tangent, there are wide variations in the
> response
> time for pedestrian/cycle crossings with traffic lights. e.g. some
> detect
> you cycling towards them and change in anticipation, while others will
> absolutely not change until they've made you wait 90 seconds.
And then there are those appalling car-centric traffic lights with
induction loops, which only trigger a green when a heavy lump of
metal drives over them:
http://www.visordown.com/forums/showthread.php?t=340206
http://www.instructables.com/id/EL8EH6RZ1REP286X29/
I stood for 15 minutes waiting for one to change in Cambridge once.
These days my attitude to red lights is a little more, ahem, liberal.
cheers
Richard
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