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A NEW KIND OF TRAFFIC LIGHT
IS MAKING ITS WAY TO THE MIAMI
VALLEY. WE WANTED TO SHOW
YOU WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE.. SO
YOU'RE NOT SITTING THERE,
WONDERING WHAT TO DO.
NEW AT 5-30..JORDAN BURGESS
IS LIVE WITH THE LIGHT THAT'S
DESIGNED TO REDUCE ACCIDENTS.
THE LIGHT WILL BE THE FIRST
OF ITS KIND IN MONTGOMERY
COUNTY. TRAFFIC LIGHTS HAVE
BEEN AROUND SO LONG..YOU
WOULDN'T THINK THERE'D BE MUCH
LEFT IN THE WAY OF INNOVATION
BUT THIS IS SUPPOSED TO FIX A
COMMON COMPLAINT. HERE'S A
LOOK AT THAT LIGHT. IT'S AT
THE INTERSECTION OF NORTH
DIXIE DRIVE AND WAGNER FORD
ROAD. THE LIGHTS NEW
INNOVATION IS A FLASHING
YELLOW ARROW. WHAT THAT
MEANS IS THAT YOU ARE ABLE TO
TURN LEFT BUT YOU HAVE TO
WATCH OUT FOR ONCOMING TRAFFIC
AND PEOPLE IN THE CROSSWALK.
THE LIGHT ALSO HAS THE COMMON
GREEN AND RED ARROWS. THE
OLD LIGHT WOULD HAVE A GREEN
ARROW WHEN YOU COULD TURN..AND
THEN A GREEN SOLID LIGHT WHEN
YOU COULD TURN IF TRAFFIC
WASN'T COMING THE OTHER WAY.
THE IDEA BEHIND THE CHANGE IS
THAT IT ELIMINATES CONFUSION
FOR DRIVERS WHO MIGHT SEE THE
SOLID GREEN LIGHT AND THINK
IT'S OKAY TO TURN LEFT WITHOUT
YIELDING TO ONCOMING TRAFFIC.
WE ASKED THE MONTGOMERY
COUNTY ENGINEER ABOUT THE
LIGHT..HE TELLS US HE THINKS
IT WILL SOLVE THE ACCIDENT
PROBLEM AT THIS INTERSECTION.
THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS
STUDIES DONE TO SHOW THIS CAN
REDUCE ACCIDENTS BY BEING MORE
EASILY UNDERSTOOD BY THE
DRIVER. WE'RE TOLD THE LIGHT
HAS BEEN USED WITH SUCCESS IN
OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTRY.
THE ENGINEER WANTS TO REMIND
DRIVE THROUGH THAT
INTERSECTION WHILE OTHERS GET
USED TO THE LIGHT..BUT HE
THINKS DRIVERS WILL CATCH ON
QUICKLY. REPORTING
LIVE..JORDAN BURGESS. 2NEWS.