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Light And Sign Replacement
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In this pic the "Be Prepared To Stop" sign with wig wag amber lights and HPS flood are being upgraded from a laminated 4'X8' plywood sign to an aluminum sign with LED amber lights and new MH flood.The frame on the back side of the signs just bolt on to the 4 bolt flange on the pole for easy removal and installation,and lifted by the boom truck. You can see the other existing sign in the background with the green back that is also being replaced.
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If i will can i will photograph it or even make a movie of it.
I think this as i never saw multiple light sources in traffic lights or flashing signs with multiple lights in Israel.
I think the standards for traffic lights in Israel are very much more severes then in the US. As in the US there are so many traffic lights companies, there are almost no standards for them so they are freely producted in any style and shape like street lighting while lighting companies also offers third party parts (Signals, etc...) for the traffic lights. This in contrast to Israel where we have only one company called "Menora" and it is a monopol on the traffic lights in Israel. Menora produces its traffic light according to the rules of the Ministry of Transport of Israel. Also our traffic light rules are based on the german traffic lights.
You can see my pictures of our traffic lights in Israel to see that ALL of the traffic lights have the same size of signals that can't be replaced but only repaired. This relevant also for flashers and pedestrians lights. In all of these lights if one signal failed the whole traffic light is replaced.
In Ontario all new traffic signal installations must have at least a 12" diameter red light and 8" diameter yellow and green lights. The two smaller lights are usually upsized to 12" lights at busier intersections such as at freeway offramps and on major arterial roads.
I believe all traffic signals used here must meet requirements on visibility and shape, size and colours set by the MTO. The signals here always have a yellow backplate installed and are themselves yellow. I believe black is permitted only special areas where a yellow signal would stand out.
Even the signal mounting and location within a intersection is also specified by the MTO.
Because "Menora" is a monopol company in traffic lights production in Israel even if the signals of our traffic lights can be replaced, this willn't cause changes in the traffic light appearance as all parts of the light will always be the same.
With the size of the traffic lights signals in Israel: there are standards for them in Israel.
In USA there are so many traffic lights manufacturers and USA itself contains 50 countries, each country have their own standards to the traffic lights.
And indeed, not all "Menora" traffic lights have the exact shape but as a standard they should color the body of their traffic lights black i think to facilitate seeing the lights at a daylight.
The reason of the lack of the blended light sources traffic lights is because the electricity to the LEDs in the LED traffic lights in Israel are probably from the entrie traffic light and not from a seperate driver on each signal.