Blue Lights on Orlando Traffic Lights - Mystery Solved24 Aug
It was like it happened over night. Orlando and Saint Cloud went from having those plain-old boring traffic lights to what can now only be described as a Blue Light Special at every intersection. Confused? Yeah, we were too.
Turns out, those blue lights that sit atop our traffic lights now are an easier way for law enforcement to catch red-light runners.
According to Orlando’s Wesh TV2, “Little blue lights on traffic signals alert authorities from all angles that the signal below it has turned red.”
So there you have it. The Blue Light mystery has been solved. In case you’re wondering, those blue lights should last longer, and use less energy than the traffic lights. Guess Orlando’s trying to go green….with blue (sorry, had to say it).
We have these here in Colorado at our busy intersections, so i was figuring it was like camera’s, or some sort of capture device. looks like i was close. nice post!
of course thats what it is. havent you seen those white lights about traffic lights? they were hard to see during the day so they got blue LED ones
What a perfectly good waste of taxpayer money!!!
I thought these are for color blind persons.
Highway robbery under consent of the king. That’s what traffic fines are for,to pick your wallet.just another means to get your $…
I had heard it was for colorblind people too. But I figured it was some sort of camera. Thanks for clearing that up. Glad they’re going green too =)
Mike, every year in the U.S. alone, 10,000 people are killed at intersections, and you think this is a waste? You’re priorities are whacked!
well we wouldn’t have to “waste” taxpayer money if people would stop running red lights and killing people… i’m just saying.
Mystery sloved?
Thanks calcasieu! I fixed the spelling.