Comments by "Jovet" (@jovetj) on "Conquer Driving" channel.

  1. I'm stealing the term "amber gambler" LOL!
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  2.  @erkinalp  That depends on the circumstances. The two intersections shown in this video use differing approaches which make sense to me.
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  3. I wonder if this is a problem here in the States. I've never driven a super-tall vehicle up to one of these lights, but they tend to cast their aspect in such a way that lower drivers should see it further away but higher drivers closer but still not yet into the intersection.
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  4.  @andreasbayer  In the United States, dark traffic signals that are NOT covered will always mean STOP, the same as a STOP sign. When covered, it indicates they are not in use and can be ignored. Of course, it's very difficult to tell if they're covered versus dark at a distance, and if it's nighttime it's impossible to tell. Regular traffic signals in the US should never be completely dark. There are only two exceptions to this. When regular traffic signals need to go out of use, they switch to a flashing state. Flashing amber means proceed with caution, and Flashing Red means STOP like a STOP sign. The two exceptions for signals being dark are 1) new pedestrian crosswalk signals called Pedestrian Hybrid Beacons or High-Intensity Activated crossWalK (HAWK) signals, which are normally-dark, and ramp meter signals, which may be dark when not in use. But neither of these are regular traffic signals, either.
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  5. We have several "tuned" signals in my city. (I say tuned because they use optical trickery and not simple louvers.) I find them annoying but I don't consider them dangerous.
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  6.  @klikkolee  They function like the ones depicted in this video. If the driver isn't close enough to the signal to see the aspect of the signal, the driver needs to slow down and use caution.
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  7. In my city, no signals have simple louvers. Where needed, special signal heads are used which can focus/aim the signal aspect in desired ways. Where this much-more-expensive option is overkill, extra "tunnel visors" are added to the lens just as you suggest which blocks the view of the signal from conflicting directions.
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  8. You can look at examples of the "tunnel visors" in use here: 41.224957205062914, -96.13876274324755
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