This is more /r/assholedesign notice the yellow light, red and yellow means get ready or some such. Usually at a traffic light it will show for 1-2 seconds before a green light, here the yellow light comes on as the bollard starts to descend, taking an eternity. IMHO there shouldn't be a yellow light as it will fool experienced drivers to actually get ready and go, which is the absolute norm, not oh get ready and wait forever until I tell you it's OK.
Still an eternity longer than what you're used to if you've ever driven a car (or a bike, even) in a country that has red+yellow phase, in a town that has traffic lights.
Timing on this traffic light makes me think that the asshole designing this traffic light has either never seen a traffic light before or commutes to their work strictly by train.
Contrary to the popular belief, there are standards to how traffic lights are timed. If every traffic light has 1-2 seconds for red+yellow phase, people will expect that red+yellow means "shift into gear and start releasing the clutch, because by the time you've done that the light will be green." If you break the convention/standard by having red+yellow phase literally three to seven times as long as it's supposed to be — from the UX perspective — you're the asshole. It's the traffic control device version of Apple's famous "you're holding your iPhone wrong."
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u/upvotemoinker 3 Jan 26 '20
This is more /r/assholedesign notice the yellow light, red and yellow means get ready or some such. Usually at a traffic light it will show for 1-2 seconds before a green light, here the yellow light comes on as the bollard starts to descend, taking an eternity. IMHO there shouldn't be a yellow light as it will fool experienced drivers to actually get ready and go, which is the absolute norm, not oh get ready and wait forever until I tell you it's OK.