Talk of The Villages Florida - Who on earth times the lights on 441? (and can we flog them?)

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Originally Posted by KennyP (Post 1313076)

Stop lights in general in the area are very out dated. I'm surprised that with so many emergency calls there are in the area, the lights have no "emiters" on them, that is the device that senses the flashing light of the emergency vehicle to change the light to green. I'm sure its a money issue, but the technology is there for better all around traffic control.

I agree. On a number of occasions I have seen EMS and Fire stuck in traffic - up north about every light has the deal to change it for EMS (but not police). They also made it illegal for anyone to have a strobe light in their car...as some criminals figured out how to change the lights....:coolsmiley:

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Originally Posted by LitespeedRider (Post 1312907)

So - new, since Mid-Octoberish the lights on 441 are simply rediculous. If you go speed limit you get stopped at EVERY LIGHT. They turn just in time so that you stop at them all - Or...if you go about 65 you can get all green!!!

It is obvious that this is the case as cars with more "pep" do just that - make it to the next light and continue on their merry way.

I can not imagine why any Traffic Flow Engineer would want this to be how lights are timed. To me, this is either a cash grab for police to ticket people who are able to make the green (speeding at +/- 5mph over), or selfish ploy to get people to stop in front of the retail areas and maybe decide to shop.

The lights even turn red when there is no cross traffic! This means that they are timed off of each-other, not actual traffic set off by a sensor (or a cross walk as the buttons either are not there, or do not seem to alter anything).

Someone needs to fire who ever made the decision to handle traffic in this manner. :ohdear::ohdear::ohdear:

Start earlier. Don't stress. Takes awhile to s l o w down when you are just beginning to live here.

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Originally Posted by LitespeedRider (Post 1313157)

I understand from my neighbors it only gets worse...

Worse than what? Just go to a few urban areas on a weekday. Traffic is nothing here...ever.