What are these traffic lights for

albo_uk

They are part time traffic lights and only come on at peak times

burtons

photome wrote: »

Have you answered your own question or do they not use the lights at these times

They do use the lights at these times but not everyday so I don't see the point on having them there.

caprikid1

"They do use the lights at these times but not everyday so I don't see the point on having them there. "


Maybe they are programme to detect traffic flow ?

kmb500

wish more traffic lights were like that, I hate driving at night and the lights go red and exactly 0 cars come the other way.

Car_54

burtons wrote: »

They do use the lights at these times but not everyday so I don't see the point on having them there.

The point of having them is that they are used. Isn't that obvious?

neilmcl

burtons wrote: »

so I don't see the point on having them there.

Didn't you answer that for yourself

burtons wrote: »

At 5pm there is a huge amount of traffic trying to turn right at the traffic lights so if you're coming from the opposite direction you don't have a chance to get out with the cars blocking the roundabout.

photome

burtons wrote: »

They do use the lights at these times but not everyday so I don't see the point on having them there.

so you have answered your own question!

they are used when its busy

burtons

Car_54 wrote: »

The point of having them is that they are used. Isn't that obvious?

I've gone past there at 5.15pm when the lights have been on and the traffic was still at standstill.

eddddy

burtons wrote: »

I've gone past there at 5.15pm when the lights have been on and the traffic was still at standstill.

They're probably not appropriate when the traffic is at a standstill.

More likely, they help when there is a constant stream of traffic joining the roundabout at, say, 30mph and turning right.

Cars from other road(s) onto the roundabout cannot break into the constant 30mph stream of traffic on the roundabout.

So the traffic lights break the stream, leaving gaps on the roundabout, so cars from other road(s) can join.