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NoMoLerking t1_iqtxyw8 wrote

Basically “go, but watch out”

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Academic_Guava_4190 t1_iqu09kj wrote

Isn’t that what flashing yellow mean? Proceed with caution?

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warlocc_ t1_iquv1xv wrote

No, no. Flashing yellow means proceed with more caution than flashing green, but not as much as a flashing red, which includes stopping.

Welcome to Massachusetts.

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Galuvian t1_iqvulqv wrote

Pretty much. But it's based on an older convention for pedestrians. mriguy posted about it above.

Flashing green -> Red + Yellow

In effect, the driver should behave just like a flashing yellow turning to red. But the flashing green was used for pedestrian crossings. Most of these were converted to the modern walk buttons with a standard red light. But that takes funding. The new cheaper pedestrian crossings with the yellow LED lights have the same function now.

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human-potato_hybrid OP t1_iqtydz5 wrote

Does it ever turn red then? Why not just have a no turn on red for the cross street?

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NoMoLerking t1_iqvlv4r wrote

You’ll usually see it at a crosswalk, it turns red when someone pushes the beg button.

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