In urban crossroads with large traffic volume, around stations with many pedestrians and residential areas, separate traffic lights are set up.
Different from the blue traffic lights of cars and pedestrians in the same direction, cars are limited to vehicles and pedestrians are limited to pedestrians and are allowed to enter the intersection. There are fewer accidents at crosswalks, and cars can turn right and left without waiting for pedestrians crossing the road. this is a traffic light to help smooth traffic.
However, how cars, bicycles and pedestrians use step-by-step separate signals, there is also a reality that the rules are not fully permeated. This time, we will focus on the increasing number of pedestrian separation signals in recent years and introduce the correct rules.
At a crossroads, there are generally two actions of traffic lights. At the intersection of the roads of An and B, the following switch is usually made.
1.A 's automobile and pedestrian signals turn blue (B's roads are red lights for cars and pedestrians) 2.A 's pedestrian signals turn red after flashing, car lights also turn red 3.B 's automobile and pedestrian signals turn blue (A's roads are cars. (pedestrians are all red lights) 4.B the pedestrian signal turns red after flashing, and the car signal light also turns red.
Repeat this 1x 4, which is a general signal. If you introduce a separate traffic light at this intersection, let's see what kind of switch it is.
1.A 's car signal turns blue (pedestrian AB and B's car is red) 2.A 's car signal turns red. B's car signal turns blue (pedestrians continue to turn red with AB) 3.B 's car signal turns red. The pedestrian signal AB turns blue and the pedestrian signal of 4.AB turns red. A's car signal turns blue.
In the walking car separation signal, such a switching mode is carried out. Do you understand that there are three kinds of actions?
In the past, in general traffic lights, vehicles had to turn right, turn left and cross pedestrians at the same time, so contact accidents between vehicles and pedestrians may occur. Through pedestrian separation, pedestrians and cars will not enter the road at the same time, so there are fewer contact accidents between people and cars.
In addition, because there is no time to wait for pedestrians to cross when the car turns right, the traffic of the car becomes smooth. The waiting time for red lights will increase, especially at crossroads with more pedestrians, sometimes the traffic is smoother than traditional traffic lights.
I think what Crick readers already know, I will explain again. Bicycle belongs to light vehicle in road traffic law, and it is a good car.
Therefore, in the separate traffic lights mentioned this time, the bicycle is also "follow the car signal lights" is the correct answer.
However, in principle, there are bicycles that drive at the left end of the driveway and follow the traffic lights for pedestrians. This is the case when bicycles drive on the sidewalk and bicycles are allowed to pass. In this case, bicycles driving on the sidewalk should follow the pedestrian signal.
Cyclists must distinguish between the signals they follow according to how they drive in the driveway and on the sidewalk.
The scene that the author saw on the street is that bicycles driving in the driveway come to the pedestrian separation signal, and when they stop red, they will march when they see pedestrians turn blue with traffic lights.
In addition, in the blue car lights, the driver honked a bicycle passing through the driveway, "it's a red light." "I can also see the figure opening the window and yelling at the bike.
Neither of them knows the formal rules and may develop into a dangerous traffic dispute. It is hoped that the police and other relevant provinces can implement the correct use of step-by-step separation signals to achieve smooth and safe traffic.
In general, in the case of separate traffic lights, the pedestrian lights adjacent to the crossroads are blue. In the pedestrian separation signal, the intersection showing that the crosswalk is tilted across the diagonal is called scrambling, and the crosswalk which only shows the non-right direction is called the pedestrian display. At the intersection, the things in front of Shibuya Station in Tokyo are very famous.
When the pedestrian use of the pedestrian separation light turns blue, pedestrians can cross the intersection sideways, only scrambling code.
Why oblique crossing is not allowed in the pedestrian display is because the length of the green light is different. In the case of an intersection, it can be foreseen that the intersection is oblique and the green light is set for a long time. However, the pedestrian signal is not diagonal, there is only one time to cross the margin and create a green light.
In other words, in the case of a pedestrian signal display formula, even if you want to travel diagonally, you have to go through one crosswalk, totaling two crosswalks, and if the green light cannot cross two crosswalks at one time, cross one and wait for the next green light. This is the correct rule.
Under the premise of oblique crossing, for the traffic lights that do not determine the green time, sometimes can not be finished in time, so please do not cross diagonally. Only at an intersection can you cross diagonally.
Due to the construction of the station and the development of housing, the structure of the signal which is often used will be changed. Keep in mind that in order for the traffic lights to go smoothly, everyone has rules that must be followed.
= [recollection: may 18, 2021] "the pedestrian separation signal setting described this time assumes that there is no cross-section of bicycles and special signals for pedestrians. At the intersection, if there is a cross-section of bicycles or traffic lights for pedestrians, it may be different from the above mode of passage, please pay attention. =
(sentence: Sasaki Gan)