Traffic Lights...HOw do they work?

Question:
When your at a light and it's red is it true you have to go over a certain line to trigger the color change or is it on a cycle that does it automatically?

Answers:

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Some lights are set up on a timer. i.e. 30 seconds one way, 1:30 another. These can get complex, too, and can operate on different timers on different days or different times of day.

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Others have a series of sensors which can detect where cars are, and if there are at least a certain amount, if not more. IF you look carefully, you can see cuts in the road material (usually in a hexagon or octagon) where the road was removed, the sensor installed, and then resurfaced. Sensors and timers often work in tandem with timed lights switching when the sensors detect a certain amount of cars in line.

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Last, some are controlled by people.

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There are also devices (which only police, ambulances, and firetrucks can legally have) that flash lights at a certain speed in a certain arragement with a certain brightness and a certain pattern that will cause lights to change and give them the right-of-way. But only newer traffic lights respond to these.

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many lights are on a timed cycle. some though are controlled by either humans in a control center for heavy traffic periods or by computer when traffic is backing up in one area or another.

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some are set up with a sensor so that when u drive over it, it will change...others are just set on a timer

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Usually they have a sensor.

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some residential street lights have sensors on the street but if you want them to change quicker flash your high-beams at it and they change in a snap...police cars use there flashing lights for that...just dont let one see you do that. hehe

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its on a timer..
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