In traffic lights, why is the red light always on top or on the left side when sideways?

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Considering how many accidents multitasking while driving causes, do you think that it should be illegal?

so color blind people know which one is on.countries make the rules for positioning and they are different in other places

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so color blind people know which light is on. seriously, that's why.

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Drunk driving?

For color blind people like me.

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It's given the most prominent position because the consequences are much worse if you miss seeing IT, than if you miss either of the other two colors.

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It is for the color blind. Having a pattern in place for them is a safety mechanism.

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it is natural to look at the top to bottom when looking at things and in the English language you are taught to read from right to left hope this makes sense

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It is standardized. My father is color blind and that is often the only way that he knows what light is lit.

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It is for color blind people like me. Though I can see red, the green looks white to me. This is not a problem, except sometimes driving in a unfamiliar place at night I get surprised by a white street light turning yellow in the distance.

Whose fault was this auto accident?

Also, I believe the red, yellow green positioning is an international standard.

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it has to go some where

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It began with the railroad signals, and migrated naturally to vehicle signals - which were originally only green/red. They maintain placement consistency to support recognition by drivers.

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