SpookTheHamster wrote:There is quite a bit wrong with lollipops, drivers don't pay attention. See how many times the lollipop man twitches and the driver floors it, only to be smacked in the face with the lollipop?
True, but the same problem will happen with the lights. If a driver sees or thinks he sees the light change he'll floor it. And UNLIKE a lollipop (which can be lowered again and the driver will..hopefully but often does not...stop) the traffic lghts can't be switched back to red. (Unless of course that is the supposed change, they've made the system semi-automatic, there's a deadmans handle type device or something)
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