Traffic lights are turned off nightly?

[Thomas 'bacco|007' Baxter]

On Sat, 23 Oct 2004 19:55:50 +1000, Rainbow Warrior wrote:

> Bizarre, anyone please explain, some crazy power saving feature perhaps?

I didnt think Energex were that desperate...
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[Rainbow Warrior]

"Scotty" <noricer@comeagain.com> wrote in message
news:417b15a6$0$9011$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au ...
> Its stemed from the local residents that dont like the truckies useing the
> air brakes for slowing at the intersection and again being noisey taking
> off, much better to have them slow and continue on thier way without
> stopping. This is the one at the new BP servo Kiawana Road isnt it?
> Kessles to Grenade road section.

That's the one I'd say.

>
>
> "Bushy" <please@reply.to.group> wrote in message
> news:cldb1k$v0t$1@bunyip.cc.uq.edu.au...
> > Saves a lot of motorists stopping for a red on the main road while the
> > night
> > traffic from the industrial area the lights serve is mainly a couple of
> > truck an hour from the all night truck mechanics there and a paltry few
> > others.
> >
> > During the night hours with the lights off they can turn into the main
> > road
> > without having to both wait for the lights to change and not stopping
the
> > major traffic flow each time.
> >
> > I like the idea. There are a few other sets of lights around that could
be
> > set the same and this would ease traffic flow on those main roads.
> >
> > Peter
> >
> >
>
>

[Uncle Bully]

"Rainbow Warrior" <hommer@sbs.com.fr> wrote in message
news:yLped.212$pj.13956@nnrp1.ozemail.com.au...
> "Traffic lights are turned off nightly between 10pm & 4am" the sign
> says
> refering to a "T" intersection on a major Brisbane southside arterial.
>
> Bizarre, anyone please explain, some crazy power saving feature
> perhaps?

Fantastic idea.
The amount of times I've been caught at an empty red light at 2am and had to
sit around for a minute or two for no reason because the lights are timed
rather than detected. It's a completely ridiculous form of traffic
management.

[Scotty]

Its stemed from the local residents that dont like the truckies useing the
air brakes for slowing at the intersection and again being noisey taking
off, much better to have them slow and continue on thier way without
stopping. This is the one at the new BP servo Kiawana Road isnt it?
Kessles to Grenade road section.


"Bushy" <please@reply.to.group> wrote in message
news:cldb1k$v0t$1@bunyip.cc.uq.edu.au...
> Saves a lot of motorists stopping for a red on the main road while the
> night
> traffic from the industrial area the lights serve is mainly a couple of
> truck an hour from the all night truck mechanics there and a paltry few
> others.
>
> During the night hours with the lights off they can turn into the main
> road
> without having to both wait for the lights to change and not stopping the
> major traffic flow each time.
>
> I like the idea. There are a few other sets of lights around that could be
> set the same and this would ease traffic flow on those main roads.
>
> Peter
>
>

[Albm&ctd]

On Sat, 23 Oct 2004 20:20:59 +1000, "Bushy" <please@reply.to.group>
wrote:

>Saves a lot of motorists stopping for a red on the main road while the night
>traffic from the industrial area the lights serve is mainly a couple of
>truck an hour from the all night truck mechanics there and a paltry few
>others.
>
>During the night hours with the lights off they can turn into the main road
>without having to both wait for the lights to change and not stopping the
>major traffic flow each time.
>
>I like the idea. There are a few other sets of lights around that could be
>set the same and this would ease traffic flow on those main roads.
>
Worst place I ever rode through at night was Toowoomba. The lights
stayed red, simply didn't change for my direction, not another vehicle
in sight. Seems the bike could not trigger them. I can't see why they
don't turn them off. Roundabouts are far better anyway, just a matter
of teaching retarded hayseeds how to use them properly.

Al
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[Justin Thyme]

"Albm&ctd" <alb_mandctdNOWMD@connexus.net.au> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 23 Oct 2004 20:20:59 +1000, "Bushy" <please@reply.to.group>
> wrote:
>
> Worst place I ever rode through at night was Toowoomba. The lights
> stayed red, simply didn't change for my direction, not another vehicle
> in sight. Seems the bike could not trigger them. I can't see why they
> don't turn them off.
Most of the lights in Toowoomba are a bloody mess. It's next to impossible
to travel anywhere at any time of the day/night without getting pretty much
every red light - they seem to all be perfectly mis-timed. At night time,
you'll be on a major road, approaching a green light which turns red just as
you get near. Not a car for miles on the side road. It'll stay green for the
minor road for bloody ages, then just as a car starts to approach, it turns
red for them and you get the green. Several intersections at various times
seem to have the sensor broken and you can sit there for several minutes,
rolling back and forth and they won't change. Quite a few times I have just
run the light because I have got sick of waiting for the light to turn
green, and there isn't anything for miles.
Speaking of this though - One time when I was in Canberra, I was stopped at
an intersection at night for ages. In the right lane was another car with a
cop car right behind it. After sitting there for what seemed like forever
(a couple of songs had played on the radio), I got my wife to jump out and
press the pedestrian button - but there wasn't one, so we started timing. I
wasn't game to go through because of the cop car. After a little over 6 more
minutes, the driver of the car in the next lane got the shits and drove
through - the other car had just got through when the police car immediately
put the lights on, the light turned green, the police car went through and
pulled him up just down the road. Could it be that they have the ability to
hold a light red to make people run through them? nah - it'd just be a
coincidence.
>Roundabouts are far better anyway, just a matter
> of teaching retarded hayseeds how to use them properly.
roundabouts are great in low traffic situations but become a pain in the
arse in busy times. Hume St & Mackenzie St in Toowoomba are full of the
things. In morning and evening peak times, the Hume St & Mackenzie St
traffic flows quite well, but the side streets jam up solid - what happens
is the traffic on the major street fills the roundabout so the traffic from
the minor street can't get onto it. Cars only get a chance to enter the
roundabout from the minor street when someone from the major street decides
to turn. It's better than having no traffic control device, and the
roundabout is good during quiet times of the day, but during peak traffic
times it would work a lot better if there were lights controlling access to
the roundabout.
>
> Al
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>

[Toby Ponsenby]

<| Albm&ctd |> did write on 24Oct2004 at 12:41:26 PM
> Worst place I ever rode through at night was Toowoomba. The lights
> stayed red, simply didn't change for my direction, not another vehicle
> in sight. Seems the bike could not trigger them. I can't see why they
> don't turn them off. Roundabouts are far better anyway, just a matter
> of teaching retarded hayseeds how to use them properly.
>
> Al

Retarded Hayseeds far more harmless waiting at lights than hackin up and
down Ruthven St all night.
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[Rainbow Warrior]

"Traffic lights are turned off nightly between 10pm & 4am" the sign says
refering to a "T" intersection on a major Brisbane southside arterial.

Bizarre, anyone please explain, some crazy power saving feature perhaps?

[Bushy]

Saves a lot of motorists stopping for a red on the main road while the night
traffic from the industrial area the lights serve is mainly a couple of
truck an hour from the all night truck mechanics there and a paltry few
others.

During the night hours with the lights off they can turn into the main road
without having to both wait for the lights to change and not stopping the
major traffic flow each time.

I like the idea. There are a few other sets of lights around that could be
set the same and this would ease traffic flow on those main roads.

Peter

[Charlie]

wish they'd bloody all do it. Be so much more efficient to have normal
intersections most times of the day on a lot of traffc lights.

Charlie

[The Raven]

"Rainbow Warrior" <hommer@sbs.com.fr> wrote in message
news:yLped.212$pj.13956@nnrp1.ozemail.com.au...
> "Traffic lights are turned off nightly between 10pm & 4am" the sign
> says
> refering to a "T" intersection on a major Brisbane southside arterial.
>
> Bizarre, anyone please explain, some crazy power saving feature
> perhaps?

Is this anything like the US practice of flashing red in one direction and
yellow in the other? It's a great concept for late night traffic but, I
doubt it would work with Australian drivers.


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