Traffic signal countdown timers lead to improved driver responses

[rangerrebew]

Traffic signal countdown timers lead to improved driver responses

Date:
    October 31, 2017
Source:
    Oregon State University
Summary:
    Countdown timers that let motorists know when a traffic light will go from green to yellow lead to safer responses from drivers, research suggests.
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https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/10/171031151242.htm

[Fishrrman]

"Countdown timers that let motorists know when a traffic light will go from green to yellow lead to safer responses from drivers, research suggests."

C'mon.
This turns driving towards a traffic light into "beat the clock"...

Step on it and get through before it changes on you!

[Oceander]

"Countdown timers that let motorists know when a traffic light will go from green to yellow lead to safer responses from drivers, research suggests."

C'mon.
This turns driving towards a traffic light into "beat the clock"...

Step on it and get through before it changes on you!

Hardly.  That already happens, except that drivers don’t know how much time is left and are therefore more likely to run the light than if timers were present.