Interesting. Reminds me of the "cat's eye" pedestrian installs on Hwy 99 in Shoreline, WA. They've since been removed and replaced with normal RYG heads and ped heads.
-J
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Re: Traffic-signal in sleepmodus
by Kilted_Econolite_Nut on Thu Jun 25, 2009 2:36 am
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Re: Traffic-signal in sleepmodus
by Troubleshooter on Mon Dec 21, 2009 7:09 pm
LA_signals wrote:http://dot.tucsonaz.gov/traffic3/tspedestrian.php
That link will give you all of the info you need. The HAWK crossings used to be experimental, but now they're all over Tucson. They replaced the old style pedestrian crossing signals that simply used flashing yellow beacons to warn motorists of crossing pedestrians. These installations used to have signs that said something like "STOP FOR PEDESTRIANS WHEN FLASHING". However, the yellow beacons were never all that effective at stopping traffic (gee I wonder why), so they came up with the HAWK system. The HAWK signals may look funky, but they do work very well.
They have been added to the new 2009 MUTCD. But they are not allowed to be used at intersections, as pictured in that video.
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