A Green Light Idea

The first time I saw this light timer at an intersection, I marvelled. And wondered, "Why don't we have this in my hometown?"

There are two traffic lights on my normal routes at home that bring out the dread I can usually relegate to the back edges of my mind. You know the dread. You know the intersections. You approach them hoping, promising the Greater Power anything (even your only child), that the light won't be red.

If it is red, you wonder if it will turn green in this century. Maybe it is stuck or broken. Maybe we are all fools for sitting here for this eon waiting for the light to turn green. There is no cross traffic. Maybe we should just go.

If the town fathers were to install these timers, we would sit at those dreaded lights with more peace of mind. We could see that the green light was coming. No need to worry. Our turn is approaching. See it's only 36 seconds away. We haven't been forgotten!

I give this idea a green light!