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Where do you live to have green light on top? I thought it was an international standard to always have red light on top, and this article claims the only excep
by Miiko 3y ago
Where do you live to have green light on top? I thought it was an international standard to always have red light on top, and this article claims the only exception exists in Syracuse, NY:
https://uncoveringnewyork.com/upside-down-traffic-light-syracuse/ https://uncoveringnewyork.com/upside-down-traffic-light-syra...
- nier 3y agoInteresting. The linked article describes how Irish immigrants vandalized traffic lights until the city decided to hang them upside down. The reason for the destruction was that the Irish green was perceived as being below the British red. They erected a statue of an Irish family near the last remaining traffic light that has it’s green lamp on top. The boy of the family sports a slingshot.
- hiddew 3y agoTrain signals in the Netherlands also have red on the bottom. The reason is in case of snow falling on the light covers, the red light (most important signal, "stop") will never be blocked by snow.
- Miiko 3y agoHmm... Looks like train signals (usually? always?) have colors in the opposite order indeed. Probably, parent comment did mean driving a train? ;)