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Re: Ever seen a stoplight for a RR crossing? Here's one in Colorado
Author: Nudge
Date: 01-28-2019 - 16:11
For many years (1969) railroads have offered a pair of wires to the City, County or State, that will interface with a traffic light. Most of the time the operator of the traffic light doesn't take up the offer because special equipment they may have to install.
What it does is speed up the timing of the traffic lights so when a train reaches the crossing, cross traffic will have a steady red and the other traffic, next to the tracks will have a green. After a set time, when the crossing is blocked by the train, those lights will change to flashing red and the lights next to the tracks will be a flashing yellow. The railroads give this wiring set up to the highway Dept.to make the crossing safer. As I said, a lot of cities turn it down along the lines of the ostrich that puts it head in the sand.
If the driver of a car gets confused, that would be his problem, not keeping up with laws that have been on the books for years.
In the NW we have had flashing yellow arrows for years. You would be surprised how many people don't know what to do when they see one. (mostly out of state CA, AZ & NV plates
Nudge
What it does is speed up the timing of the traffic lights so when a train reaches the crossing, cross traffic will have a steady red and the other traffic, next to the tracks will have a green. After a set time, when the crossing is blocked by the train, those lights will change to flashing red and the lights next to the tracks will be a flashing yellow. The railroads give this wiring set up to the highway Dept.to make the crossing safer. As I said, a lot of cities turn it down along the lines of the ostrich that puts it head in the sand.
If the driver of a car gets confused, that would be his problem, not keeping up with laws that have been on the books for years.
In the NW we have had flashing yellow arrows for years. You would be surprised how many people don't know what to do when they see one. (mostly out of state CA, AZ & NV plates
Nudge
