Hey guys!

 

I got pulled over on my way home from work last night. I manage a restaurant and it just so happens the guy that pulled me over was actually a frequent customer. Long story short, I ran a red light for turning left because there was absolutely no cars (other than the officer of course). He pulled me over and had a good chat. He let me off easily and he let me take a couple pictures of his car! I took a video of his lights flashing but we've all seen cop lights. 

 

 

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I live in Dothan, Alabama. This is a Dothan Police Officer's vehicle. 

Edited April 18, 20188 yr by SeniorPepper
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Nice dude! Idk what time it was, but don't your traffic lights stop working after like 11pm? So that it just gives the orange light flashing? It's obviously stupid that you have to wait when there's no one

3 hours ago, Antia said:

Nice dude! Idk what time it was, but don't your traffic lights stop working after like 11pm? So that it just gives the orange light flashing? It's obviously stupid that you have to wait when there's no one

Unfortunately, no. All of our traffic lights work 24/7. Dothan is the largest town in southeast Alabama, its just that there is like nobody on the road after 10. I don't really see a reason to wait if there is nobody but I will from now on; I can't afford a ticket haha. 

I went to the US recently and I was highly suprised by how the traffic lights function. Especially when you are a pedestrian and walking around (not in a city). You have to wait ages before it's your turn. Furthermore I noticed on quite a big road, 2 lanes, with traffic lights to a side road, that at a certain point there were cars waiting from that side road to get on the main road. Then for a long time there were no cars coming from the other directions, but their lights kept green. After like 20 seconds there came cars and right before those cars their light turned red, so they had to stop (Apologies if my example isn't so clear ). It was so ineffecient. Here the traffic lights are very carefully set up and evaluated after a while. At some places there are even sensors that'll recognize when it rains, so that cyclists get an early green light. 

1 hour ago, Antia said:

I went to the US recently and I was highly suprised by how the traffic lights function. Especially when you are a pedestrian and walking around (not in a city). You have to wait ages before it's your turn. Furthermore I noticed on quite a big road, 2 lanes, with traffic lights to a side road, that at a certain point there were cars waiting from that side road to get on the main road. Then for a long time there were no cars coming from the other directions, but their lights kept green. After like 20 seconds there came cars and right before those cars their light turned red, so they had to stop (Apologies if my example isn't so clear ). It was so ineffecient. Here the traffic lights are very carefully set up and evaluated after a while. At some places there are even sensors that'll recognize when it rains, so that cyclists get an early green light. 

Yeah, if you don't live in a big city like Atlanta, NY, NJ, LA, the pedestrian lights take ages. Lights in the US are getting better over time, at least in my city. My family works closely with the Mayor of Dothan and we personally change some of the light times.