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Originally Posted by Vekke
Is there already a tip how to get green light traffic light faster? If not here it comes  .
In finland some of the lights work with light detectors and some with pressure detectors. So this works only with ligth detectors...
So when car comes close the ligths it turns green after few seconds 5-10 if there is no other traffic. So when you are gliding towards the lights, (works only when it starts to be little dark) just flash your driving lights few times when you are gliding towards the lights and when you are 50 meters close they usually change to green.
Notice this is not wise if there is a car on the other side of the lights!!! |
Maybe things are different in Finland, but that is just an urban legend here in the US. Traffic lights are either timed, or go off of magnetic fields (wires in the road detect the steel in a car if it is present). This legend is based on the fact that emergency vehicles can change the signal and the small flashing light on the stoplight bar starts flashing, but emergency vehicles use infrared transmitters to change the signal, not lights.