Comments on: The Origin of Traffic Lights

By: jeremiah

jeremiah — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 22:01:17 +0000

Todd…. sorry to bust your bubble, BUT wiki is the worst source of information… Find a more reputable source of information….. to prove my point read the news story about the reporter who used Wiki to quote a foriegn diplomat/politician and the quote was never spoken by this man

By: top-n-bottom

top-n-bottom — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:18:08 +0000

Ah yes..the Philippines. I still live there…10 years now. I’ve seen traffic lights. Outside Manila they rarely have power supplied…and even when illuminated, are routinely ignored. Truly…a free country!!!

By: B

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:08:04 +0000

What a coincidence, Jason – my unofficial office is known as The Diner too!

By: ee the c

ee the c — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:24:21 +0000

as evolution is pretty much proven as fact, it is clear that the proto-chicken laid an egg and a chicken then hatched. The egg came first.

By: Lori

Lori — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:48:59 +0000

How could you cover the history of traffic lights without giving a shout-out to the inventor, William Potts?

William L. Potts, a police officer from Detroit, Michigan, decided to invent the traffic light due to problem caused by the increasing number of cars on the streets.

Jason, here’s a wag of finger.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 04:47:54 +0000

Heh. I lived in the Philippines for 15 years. Driving in the Philippines is like a real life “Need for Speed”. Crazy man. I get honked at if I’m at a stop sign and there is no opposing traffic. Nutso, man. That ain’t even half of it…

By: jodie

jodie — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:06:08 +0000

I heard there are new LED traffic lights coming out in some parts of the country, the only problem with them is that is snowy areas the lights do not generate enough heat to melt away the snow that gets built up

By: Jason English

Jason English — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:46:53 +0000

That’s New York, on or about 14th Street and 9th Avenue, which is also where you’ll find our unofficial Manhattan office (also known as The Diner).

By: Todd

Todd — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:28:34 +0000

Carmel, Indiana – Courtesy of wikipedia…

In 1924, one of the first automatic traffic signals in the United States was installed at the intersection of Main Street and Range Line Road. The signal that was installed was the invention of Leslie Haines and is currently in the old train station on the Monon.

By: Anne

Anne — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 17:54:33 +0000

Kristin – really? Do you know what intersection?

I’m from Noblesville, by the way.