So here is a wide shot of my stuff...which is down the last two or three months looking like it does here. I'm moving soon so the lights and stuff will be coming down for the move
Nice! Do you at least have easy access from you basement like a hatch directly to outdoors or access through your garage or do you need to lug everything upstairs and through the house?
Just thought I'd add that RIDOt recently went full-steam ahead with the flashing yellow protected left turn signals. They didn't make any public mention that they were going to start using them so they've actually created a lot of confusion and backups because people don't know what to do. Once you learn how they work, it's all common sense, but when you've had bi-color yellow/green arrows for protected left turns since the beginning of time and then all of a sudden decide to do something new without notifying the public, it causes confusion and does more harm than good.
Thanks! And nope I gotta bring everything in the house and then go down the basement stairs. The hardest thing to get down stairs was my cabinet. I had help getting that thing in, and it was empty when I bought it. All the stuff inside it (controller, backpanel, electronics) I installed myself from various other sources.
I am not 100% for flashing yellow left turns. They make for an interesting display but in the real world their benefits are exaggerated. They do not handle traffic as well as other methods. They were "advertised" as being uniform signals you could be familiar with from state to state, but some states are refusing to change over...and the ones that have changed over have a variety of sequences so its confusing for a typical motorist.
Looking forward to see the setup in it's new home.
Yeah, I feel the same way about the flashing yellow left turn lights. If Ontario adopted them, that means we would have 4 different protected/permissive left sequences in the same province and end up confusing the heck out of everyone. Currently we have the flashing green ball (which is getting phased out but smaller towns still use them), the 4 section with bimodal arrow, and the 4 section with a flashing green arrow and steady amber arrow.
Ah man that's a lot of work. At least it's on wheels though so you can just roll it across the floor before and after the stairs.
The ones here seem to follow your GIF animation. They start off green, then turn solid yellow for a couple seconds, then red for a second, and flashing yellow. Then when the ball lights turn yellow, the solid arrow comes on with them and they go red together. IMO, it would be a lot less confusing if it just went from green to flashing yellow. Going from green, to solid yellow, to red, and finally to flashing yellow in a matter of seconds is rather confusing IMO.
RIDOT started using the flashing yellow signals out of the blue. Up until the summer they were installing the bi-color arrows. So now they have to go around redoing all the intersections to accomodate an extra signal head (they usually end up replacing the whole pole/mast combo but leave the rest up).
In order to solve the yellow trap issue, they could just program the signals not to do that in the first place. Nip it in the bud so to speak. Here I've seen the signal in the opposing direction turn red to allow for a protected left turn but never the opposite. It doesn't make any logical sense in the first place to have the side with the arrow go red but keep the opposing side green. I will admit, they are interesting, but I will miss the bi-colored arrows. In the mean time, RIDOT should inform the public about the "improved" protected left turn signaling.
Thanks everyone. The signal stuff with need a weekend in itself to take down, disconnect and disassemble. Flashing yellow arrows have a varied sequence. My set up now cycles it Red to Flashing Yellow, to Green, to Solid Yellow to Red. From 5pm to 6pm the flashing is omitted and a signal cycles that a standard red, yellow, green with no flashing arrow. When the green through direction is on the red arrow remains lit.
Yellow trap is not a wide spread problem. It was non existant here in Michigan. That was what they tried to sell the new design on.
Thanks! I'll be transporting my signal stuff in my own truck. I'm too crazy about things getting damaged, especially my more valuable stuff like my two 4 way lights, my Intelight ESB and my Dialight prototype signal
I know I said moving both four way lights but the four way on the right is on the market if someone was seriously interested. It needs some further restoration work but otherwise was fully powdercoated federal yellow and the body, top bottom and visors are in amazing shape. Most of the lenses are small bead smileys, a few Eagles and an Econolite. No door or lens gaskets, not all the lens clips are there. Doors need some repair work on the hinges and some holes need to be retapped. The only thing is I would not ship it. It must be picked up here. If interested let me know. Asking price is $975 but I'd take a reasonable offer. Otherwise I'll hang onto it.
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Just thought I'd add that RIDOt recently went full-steam ahead with the flashing yellow protected left turn signals. They didn't make any public mention that they were going to start using them so they've actually created a lot of confusion and backups because people don't know what to do. Once you learn how they work, it's all common sense, but when you've had bi-color yellow/green arrows for protected left turns since the beginning of time and then all of a sudden decide to do something new without notifying the public, it causes confusion and does more harm than good.
I am not 100% for flashing yellow left turns. They make for an interesting display but in the real world their benefits are exaggerated. They do not handle traffic as well as other methods. They were "advertised" as being uniform signals you could be familiar with from state to state, but some states are refusing to change over...and the ones that have changed over have a variety of sequences so its confusing for a typical motorist.
Yeah, I feel the same way about the flashing yellow left turn lights. If Ontario adopted them, that means we would have 4 different protected/permissive left sequences in the same province and end up confusing the heck out of everyone. Currently we have the flashing green ball (which is getting phased out but smaller towns still use them), the 4 section with bimodal arrow, and the 4 section with a flashing green arrow and steady amber arrow.
The ones here seem to follow your GIF animation. They start off green, then turn solid yellow for a couple seconds, then red for a second, and flashing yellow. Then when the ball lights turn yellow, the solid arrow comes on with them and they go red together. IMO, it would be a lot less confusing if it just went from green to flashing yellow. Going from green, to solid yellow, to red, and finally to flashing yellow in a matter of seconds is rather confusing IMO.
RIDOT started using the flashing yellow signals out of the blue. Up until the summer they were installing the bi-color arrows. So now they have to go around redoing all the intersections to accomodate an extra signal head (they usually end up replacing the whole pole/mast combo but leave the rest up).
In order to solve the yellow trap issue, they could just program the signals not to do that in the first place. Nip it in the bud so to speak. Here I've seen the signal in the opposing direction turn red to allow for a protected left turn but never the opposite. It doesn't make any logical sense in the first place to have the side with the arrow go red but keep the opposing side green. I will admit, they are interesting, but I will miss the bi-colored arrows. In the mean time, RIDOT should inform the public about the "improved" protected left turn signaling.
Yellow trap is not a wide spread problem. It was non existant here in Michigan. That was what they tried to sell the new design on.
Be careful moving stuff and don't let them injure you