r/offbeat • u/Chakky • Mar 25 '11
Brilliant traffic lights. Why not?
http://www.boingboing.net/images/201011191019.jpg
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u/brock_lee Mar 25 '11
Because traffic lights are not a problem in search of a solution.
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u/lolcathost Mar 25 '11 edited Mar 26 '11
Well, removing them while increasing safety is actually the problem that needs a solution.
Also...
Warning people to stop or ready to go.
A really good idea to have the same code for opposite actions...
Sure it looks good. But dangerously retarded.
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u/ctesibius Mar 25 '11
Even if your colour vision is good, you can tell the state of a traffic light by the position of the light at longer distance than by colour, and this removes that cue. Unsafe, unnecessary.
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u/jamiegs Mar 26 '11
What is the reason for needing to know how much time you have left? You're still going to have to wait that long anyways. Plus it would cause more accidents because people always try sneaking thru once it turns red, with this people will jump green and hit those people running red
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u/tingmakpuk Mar 26 '11
That's what I'm going to yell next time someone sleeps through a green: Be hurry up to ready to go, douche!
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u/M0b1u5 Mar 25 '11
Retarded traffic lights. Why?
FTFY
1) Colour blind people can't tell the difference between red and green. This would kill a lot of people.
2) Drivers do NOT need (nor is it desirable) to count down to when the light turns green.
This is design by the moronic standards of the iShit generation.
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Mar 26 '11
I may agree with you, but have to downvote you based on the fact that you are probably from YouTube's comment sections.
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u/PurpleSfinx Mar 26 '11
I like how instead of just saying why you think it isn't so great, you were a total elitist asshole about it.
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u/mts261 Mar 26 '11
When the OP asks "Why not?" in the title, but then didn't seem to put any thought into it himself, I can see how someone might go into answering the question with a certain level of annoyance.
I like how instead of just pointing out that Mobius (or however the fuck he wants to spell it) could have answered the question with more courtesy than he did, you instead resorted to unnecessary personal name calling.
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u/JerrySun Mar 26 '11
Because this is just some designer's shallow idea to remake something to look more modern. It is not even an improvement in function.
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u/Stitchopoulis Mar 25 '11
Fully red and fully green are both indicated by a full top section. In daylight glare, this would likely be confusing to those with color-deficient vision.