• Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz
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    1 day ago

    A lot of places in east asia have red light timers. If theres nobody coming, people will start when theres like 3 seconds left.

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      1 day ago

      That feels like an argument for why red light timers for cars might be a bad idea.

      Like, you can understand the intent - by giving extra information, drivers know how long they have to wait and so won’t get as annoyed - but that same extra information encourages drivers to take risks, and start moving even earlier than they would with just a simple red/amber/green

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        11 hours ago

        I think it would be disastrous in America or Korea, but it seems to work here and it would probably work in Japan.