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Why is it warranted for a continuous green on a pedestrian light vs. blinking amber or even blinking green to caution traffic instead. It causing near miss for pedestrians in crosswalks on School (at night mostly) cars going 30-40mph around this turn. They dont see people in School St crosswalk or cars in/out of corner parking lot on School St until right up on them. Drivers go 30 - 40 mph and blow thru Stop Sign at Grove St intersection (no warning sign) due to green light - I am seeing many pedestrian lights always on green but this area needs to caution drivers instead. Green always on seems unnecessary for traffic to flow?
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Seems to me is there is a bigger issue with the school street connection than the light?!
Btw when I searched the RMV regarding "flashing green lights" I found nothing!!!
I did find this:
Flashing green
""What does a blinking green traffic light mean?" writes reader Meredith Dill of Somerville. "I saw one last night in Wakefield, but I don't recall learning about that in driver's ed."
The driver's manual put out by the Registry has a section on traffic signals. A flashing red light has the same meaning as a stop sign; a flashing yellow means that you should proceed with caution; a flashing green . . .
Alas, the manual doesn't say anything about that.
Fortunately, Officer Carlos Figueroa of the Cambridge Police Department's traffic division had an answer.
"Flashing green is the same as a solid green. It means at that intersection, you have the right of way," he said. "I see them where there's a park, or where there's a school district. Where there may be heavy pedestrian traffic as opposed to vehicle traffic. It's a way to get people to slow down."
Drivers on the cross street, Figueroa added, see a flashing red."
Since there is no cross street, there seems to be no actual true use for a flashing light. I think there definately needs to be something at the mouth of Tremont and School where the stop sign is unaffective and take ing a left is dangerous for ANYONE in or out of the crosswalk area!!! Nobody seems to have the ability to see the "walk signal light" when the just rush out of school onto Tremont.
And for the person that felt I may not know the area...I reside at the top of School and Tremont. I use that crosswalk almost daily. I have sat in my front steps counting the cars that don't even stop on school street... And for the record, yet again... I was the person who pushed to get the lines repainted at that crosswalk!!!
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Here is the cities response: Will close this duplicate.
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We cannot turn the light off and we cannot have a flashing yellow at a pedestrian crossing. The City would not meet the uniform traffic code for Massachusetts. Turning the green light off would give the impression the lights are not working. If you use a flashing yellow it would give the driver not enough time to respond from when the light changes from green to yellow and then red.It would be instant from yellow to red and in most cases people would be running the red light and in a lot of cases there would be screeching of tires when motorists try to comply. Please do not blame your councillor for this. Recommendation is for better signage and look at the speed limit on Tremont street. City Electrician John Giardi.
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Thank you for your many details. I was told there is traffic signal lights going at that intersection in the future do you know anything about that? I see many other pedestrain lights with varied colors according to the traffic conditions and NO others are causing danger to pedestrians - ONLY this one, due to its close proximity to intersections and crosswalks and parking lot. Why not move it, since the area has outgrown its application, instead of justifying the danger caused to pedestrians. Who is responsible for the person who is hit by confused driver - You?
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