New street light is active
- Thread starter DoWhat
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GWguy
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Street light, or traffic light?
I had to go that way due to an accident blocking the normal light to Rt 5 and it was just flashing red, with the stop sign there. I don't think it's fully set up yet.
I'm guessing its purpose is to make it less desirable for people trying to miss the other red light to go that way. Take out the "optional" stop sign, and add a no turn on red traffic light = less clustermess during base traffic "rush hour" from 3 lanes merging into 1 (the two turn lanes and the people who cut in front of you from that side street)? We'll see how that goes.
I'm guessing its purpose is to make it less desirable for people trying to miss the other red light to go that way. Take out the "optional" stop sign, and add a no turn on red traffic light = less clustermess during base traffic "rush hour" from 3 lanes merging into 1 (the two turn lanes and the people who cut in front of you from that side street)? We'll see how that goes.
whatever................
It is set up now, no flashing light, solid red all the time.
And there is no light to stop vehicles going north on Rt 5.
Two new traffic signals planned
That explains why it was flashing when I came through. And also I guess they added the No Turn On Red after this guy looked at it.
GWguy
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:shrug: Sorry... I was serious. I assumed you meant traffic, but you usually don't use the wrong descriptions.
I was on Great Mills going through that intersection close to 4:00 pm yesterday.
It looked like it was flashing red when the two turn lanes from Great Mills to North 5 had the red arrows. When those lanes had green arrows then the Old Great Mills light was solid red with the "no turn on red" sign lit up.
I assume it will be timed to only do that during "rush hour".
FWIW it actually seemed to help the merge of the two lanes heading north.
It looked like it was flashing red when the two turn lanes from Great Mills to North 5 had the red arrows. When those lanes had green arrows then the Old Great Mills light was solid red with the "no turn on red" sign lit up.
I assume it will be timed to only do that during "rush hour".
FWIW it actually seemed to help the merge of the two lanes heading north.
Lurk
Happy Creepy Ass Cracka
Since DoWhat said the light never changed, I immediately knew he was talking about a traffic control light. I've never seen a street light change color.
somdforever
Member
"but they won't because of emergency vehicles."
I'm not disagreeing that this is one of the reasons SHA has given for not shutting off that road at the intersection, but I have to wonder just how many emergency vehicles use that road to go north on Rt 5? Wouldn't it have been easier to just put up a sign at the farthest entrance to Sheetz on Old Great Mills Road that says, "Emergency Vehicles Only Beyond This Point", with an emergency activated red light on 5 North, like the one at the Hollywood Fire Department?
chernmax
NOT Politically Correct!!
Because some people don't like to wait so they try and cut off everyone else by cutting through the back road behind Sheetz adding to the Great Mills road / Rt 5 Bottleneck heading north. Their selfishness has ended!!!
CrashTest
Well-Known Member
Then it sounds like those 2 lights will have to be in sync with each other by means of a copper wire connecting the 2 lights. Don't think that's within the technical capability of local DOT folks.
I think it's doing what it was designed to do - keep people from cutting down that road to avoid the light at Great Mills & Rt 5.
desertrat
0_0
The new one on 235 was operational yesterday. The new one on Rt 4 between 235 and the bridge is blinking yellow. Suspect it will be operational shortly. That's really gonna screw up traffic.
What new one on 235? Guess I don't go that way or something?
smibarines
New Member
You could always make a right out of the Sheetz and another right on GMR. Guess that would make too much sense.
I'm glad they finally put a stop to it. Couldnt believe the morons who'd come to a complete stop on Rt. 5 N to let the other morons who are sitting at the stop sign.
smibarines
New Member
Traffic was backed up to the Hilton Ridge subdivision. Haven't seen it that bad in the 6 years I've been down there. Must have been an accident or something.
There's a new one between Hollywood and where it turns into Rt 5
I know it's a bit of a distance but I can never remember the name of the area it's in. Halloween weekend someone had changed the "Traffic signal ahead" sign to "Snow storm ahead".
MMDad
Lem Putt
Nope - the light wasn't allowing the northbound traffic to go. It was only caused by SHA and their incompetence.