traffic light

White Light (MM #5321)

I talked about this a few months back. Researchers in North Carolina are looking at changing the traffic lights we encounter every day. For as long as I’ve been driving, the overwhelming majority of traffic signals have had red, yellow, and green lights. But these researchers are working on adding a fourth light to the…

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Traffic Signals (MM #5147)

Traffic signals have mostly been the same since I started driving nearly fifty years ago. Three lights are stacked: red on top, yellow in the middle, and green on the bottom. Back in the early 1900s, when the automobile started hitting the road, there was only a red and green light. It looks like this…

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Traffic Light (MM #4479)

I’ve touched on this subject before, but I don’t remember if it was on The Mason Minute podcast or my Road Warrior video blog. I’m talking about traffic light etiquette. I’ve noticed more people have problems with vehicle spacing when stopped at a light or stop sign. They’re leaving too much space between vehicles, and…

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