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Subject: Blinking Green Traffic Light
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Date: Tue, 9-Aug-83 17:43:18 EDT
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Posted: Tue Aug  9 17:43:18 1983
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   [A blinking green light in Massachusetts...] signified a light whose only
   purpose was as a pedestrian crossing light.

Well, in Ontario it means that you may proceed AND you have the right of
way no matter whether you are turning or not; in other words, all other
incoming traffic has a red.  (Widely used instead of a left-green-arrow when
the main traffic flow is one way.)  Imagine how Ontario drivers feel when
visiting one of the few other jurisdictions that use blinking greens...

(There are blinking greens in British Columbia as well-- I think THEY are
different again, something to do with traffic-actuated signals-- any
B.C. natives out there?)

                   Mark Brader, NTT Systems Inc., Toronto