Originally Posted by
wphamilton
What do the colors and flashing signify? I didn't see much change in pedestrians behavior when it changed to red or started flashing. If it would flash or turn red when a bike was coming, now I could see that as useful.
I'm Spit-balling here because I've never seen it before but the way I figure it is:
Look across the street at the walking person pictogram, it's green like the light bar. Then the pictogram begins to flash (still green) and the light bar follows suit. I guess this flashing is similar to our (in the USA) flashing orange hand signal which essentially means "Hey! The light is getting ready to change, in fact it could happen any moment now!!!".
Now I was taught that when the light starts flashing you wait till the next "walk sign" comes on. If, however, you've already entered the intersection, DONT LOLLY GAG!!!