A typical Australian (Victoria) 2-column, 6-light ATS halogen traffic signal. This one has been set up to simulate four typical sequences. Two of the ambers are too short, but can fix that later.
Quite correct. Same with a red left arrow (no left turn on red). Keep in mind that we drive on the left in Australia, so that's the equivalent of your right-turn on red. Turning on red after stopping is not so common here, although it does exist at some locations (signed). The more usual method in Australia is to use a slip lane that bypasses the traffic lights. You can turn at these at any time when safe.
Also used in New Zealand. I am making a video on New Zealand traffic lights currently, but have had to stop whilst I am overseas. Hope to get it made soon.
The halogen lights with the "crosshairs" started appearing in Brisbane during the 1990s, I think. It seemed only a few years went by, then suddenly LED-arrays were everywhere instead.
@ConnexTrains Thanks 4 comment. Well, yes, you're sort of correct. :) I made this display up from parts I had available. Which is why the target board has an obvious join down the middle. The + marked circle aspects are an ex NSW signal, but the arrows are Victorian. The visors are a mix of 'plastic' ones from a LED signal and aluminium ones, probably ex NSW too. What I meant in saying "Victoria" was more to do with the sequencing of the lights, although much the same interstate I imagine.
@emdB67 I have three of the longer 'half grille' visors, but it looked a bit silly with 3 long ones and 3 short ones, so I changed them over to all short ones. The + marked signals are occasionally seen in Victoria, but generally only on temporary portable ones at roadworks.
I actually made this one from two separate signals, but there are many hundreds of this kind in Australia. I bought the signals on eBay. The actual 6-lamp versions aren't often seen for sale.
This is almost like a Dutch traffic light signal. Here in Germany, where I live by the way, the pattern is a bit different: when the light switches to green, red is still on and the yellow light lights up for 1 or 2 seconds, then the red and yellow lights turn off and the green light turns on. And when it switches to red, the green light turns off, then the yellow one lights up for 3 seconds. And finally, the red light turns on. With halogen bulbs, the light fades in the same way as the traffic light in this video.
It's Identical in pretty much every aspect to a NSW traffic light, where I'm at, we use a mix of the old cross-hair hallogen designs, however all the newer lights (either ones the have recently been installed, or repaird) now use the LED Design. Personally I like them both, I love the old hallogen design, just because it's original, how ever the LED is much more effective, especially when the sun is hitting them.
To be perfectly honest, I have no idea as to their purpose. They are formed from one vertical and one horizontal 'sheet' of polycarbonate material. the front is flush with the rim of the reflector, but it goes right back to the halogen bulb. They may be to give the halogen bulbs a measure of protection from impact or being accidentally touched (halogen bulbs tend to blow when you touch the glass) or maybe intended to make them more directional without louvres. If the latter, it doesn't work. :)
+Fairlane500skyliner I had acquired many more signals, including vintage ones since I made this video. But not streetlights. Although I do have an old twin fluorescent street light - somewhere.
Ahh, I see. Here, even though we have "right-turn signals" people still just plow right through them. The way I see it; if a right turn is signaled (or left turn in your case), obey the signal. lol
Im a signals engineer here in the US. I notice when i was sydney last year they have a four section head with a red arrow on top to hold traffic for peds to stop. Have you guys looked at flashing yellow arrows?
Hi Anthony. Sorry I missed your comment earlier. 4-section heads seem to be common there. We don't have any in Victoria where I'm from. Some have the red arrow on top. Others have a green arrow on the bottom. Flashing arrows aren't covered in the road rules, although I'm aware of at least one non-standard set in Tasmania. The red arrow means that pedestrians can start crossing (protected move) before turning traffic begins to move. A flashing yellow arrow just means "take care" or Give Way / Yield to pedestrians - which drivers are supposed to do anyway. Some intersections have flashing GIVE WAY TO PEDESTRIANS signs as a reminder to turning traffic.
+Jeffrey Hope Sorry I didn't see your comment earlier. The green sticker is just a card sign informing my customers that the road signs and traffic lights that I had on display at the time, are not for sale
+realimbored668 Not really. 5 seconds is the normal yellow time. This one was running off a home-made controller which had a some incorrect timings when the video was made. They've since been fixed. :)
+emdB67 Chicago yellow lights are illegally set to 2.9 seconds to generate red light ticket money The federal requirement in the US for yellow light times is 3 seconds plus an additional second for every unit of 10 mph (approx 24 kmh), so a zone with 70mph as its speed limit must have at least a 10 second yellow light
+realimbored668 From my observations, a 5 second yellow is standard in Australia, although I've seen 3 seconds for low speed applications such as turn lanes. For particularly large intersections it may be around 7 seconds to allow clearance. Traffic lights are not used where speeds exceed 80km/h. Wherever signals are installed in rural or high-speed roads, they just introduce an 80km/h zone for the approach to the intersection. But yes, there have been instances here too where yellow times were found to be shortened where cameras were installed. Naturally the "errors" were corrected after people complained. :)
